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SEREMBAN: The girlfriend of a father whose two children perished in a drowning tragedy at the estuary of the Linggi River, Tanjung Agas Port Dickson, was released on police bail on Friday (Sept 12).
Negri Sembilan Police Chief Dep Comm Datuk Alzafny Ahmad said the 41-year-old woman was released but will be recalled as a witness.
"The girlfriend of the suspect (father of two children) has been granted bail. She was released on bond. We will call her as a witness during the prosecution," he told reporters at a press conference held at the Seremban District Police Headquarters on Friday.
Meanwhile, the media today reported that the father of the children involved pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here today to a charge of causing the death of his two children at the estuary of the Linggi River, Tanjung Agas, Port Dickson, on Sept 4.
The 46-year-old suspect and the woman were remanded in connection with the deaths of the two children, aged six and eight respectively.
In the incident, two siblings, a boy and a girl, drowned when they were trapped inside a car that slid into the Tanjung Agas Linggi River but their father survived as he was outside the car when the incident occurred, while the woman who was also inside the vehicle was rescued by members of the public. — Bernama
