SEREMBAN: A man and his girlfriend have been remanded for seven days, to assist in the investigation into the deaths of two children who drowned after their family’s parked car slid into Sungai Linggi in Tanjung Agas, Port Dickson.
Negri Sembilan police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Alzafny Ahmad said the remand order for the 46-year-old local man, believed to be the father of the two children, and the 41-year-old woman, was issued by Senior Assistant Registrar Nurul Farha Sulaiman at the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday.
“This is to enable further investigation under Section 302 of the Penal Code,” he told Bernama.
He said police are still investigating the motive behind the incident but the two individuals detained at the Port Dickson district police headquarters at 8pm on Thursday night have not been fully cooperative.
“Until now, we have been unable to determine the motive, which remains under investigation.”
DCP Alzafny had earlier said that at about 11.45am on Thursday, police received a report from the public regarding a car that had slid into Sungai Linggi, with a boy and a girl inside.
Investigations found that the children, aged six and eight, from Shah Alam, Selangor, are believed to have drowned after being trapped in the vehicle.
Port Dickson police chief Supt Maslan Udin had said the girl was pulled out at 1.24pm, and the boy at 1.47pm, but both were confirmed dead at the scene by medical officers.
He said initial investigations indicated that the two children, the man and the woman were resting and fishing in the area.
At the time of the incident, the man was outside the car, while the children and the woman were inside the parked vehicle when it suddenly slid into the river.
The woman was rescued by members of the public.
