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Now, I’m not sure how to believe this story. If ever this is true, it can be turned into racial discrimination, human rights, and child abuse issues by those interested. It would mean the total disintegration of the police force’s integrity.

The boy is only 10 years old. The parents were not informed. There was no social/welfare officer for the duration of the “questioning” session. Thus the police officers in charge should be sacked. The school did not inform the parents (not reported in the news). This would mean severe disciplinary action against the HM or teacher in charge - possibly demotion and suspension.

Weird enough, there is no coverage on any attempts by the parents to locate the boy who have been missing for 10 hours. Any police report made? Did the parents go to school to inquire why son never came back?

Read the story below:

IPOH: A primary schoolboy is claiming that police from the Kampar station had slapped him, choked him and scalded his leg to make him confess to a theft.

Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) deputy chairman M. Sarasvathy, who took up his case, handed over a memorandum on the matter to the Perak police yesterday.

She said that last Wednesday, police picked up N. Logeswaran, 10, from his school for suspected theft, and slapped him on his face while two policemen tried to choke him.

“They even tried to melt some plastic on the boy’s private parts and it got his leg,” said Sarasvathy outside the Perak police contingent headquarters here.

The police also took out a parang and a pistol to threaten the boy, she said, adding that Logeswaran was also handcuffed and locked up in a dark room.

“He is now traumatised by the incident, said Sarasvathy, adding that he suffered injuries on the back of his head, wrists and leg after the ordeal.

On Aug 5, Logeswaran was accused by his teacher of stealing her purse containing RM700, MyKad and other documents. But she could not find her belongings on Logeswaran and lodged a police report.

Logeswaran was picked up from his school at 12.30pm last Wednesday and was only released at 10.45pm the same day. His parents were not informed about the incident.

He was taken to the Kampar Hospital at 11pm after complaining of headaches and after he started vomiting, said Sarasvathy. He was transferred to Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun at midnight for observation and was discharged on Monday.

Sungai Siput MP Dr D. Jeyakumar said the police should have followed proper guidelines in handling cases involving a child.

Perak police chief Datuk Deputy Comm Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah, when contacted, said he had received the memorandum and that police were investigating the matter.