KUANTAN: Two women have been remanded for six days to assist in investigations into the alleged mistreatment of children at childcare centres in Kuantan and Temerloh.
Acting Pahang police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Azry Akmar Ayob said the two nursery employees, aged 31 and 26, were remanded until Saturday (Sept 12) following applications by police at the Kuantan and Temerloh Magistrate's Courts.
He said the 31-year-old woman was detained on Sunday (Sept 6) over the alleged mistreatment of a two-year-old boy at a nursery in Bukit Setongkol here.
"Another woman was detained to facilitate investigations into allegations of mistreatment involving a two-year-old girl at a nursery in Temerloh," he said in a statement on Monday (Sept 7).
Kuantan OCPD Asst Comm Ashari Abu Samah said earlier that police received a report about a viral video showing a toddler being scolded, having his hair pulled and his head shaken by a woman working at the centre.
Meanwhile, Temerloh OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Nasyim Bahron said police received a report from a child’s 29-year-old mother at about 6pm on Sunday over allegations that her two-year-old daughter had been mistreated by a nanny at a nursery near Temerloh.
The video showing the alleged mistreatment of the child by the nursery caretaker has also gone viral on social media, drawing widespread public attention. – Bernama
