Fadhlina Offers Help To Alleged Child Abuse Victim In Perlis

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The education minister’s special assistant Abu Seman Mat Karim handing over the school aid to the five-year-old girl at her home in Jejawi, Perlis. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA: Education minister Fadhlina Sidek has extended support to a five-year-old girl in Jejawi, Arau, Perlis, who was reported to be a victim of abuse.
Through her special officer, Abu Seman Mat Karim, the minister provided Rahmah food baskets, school supplies and monetary aid to the child, who was accompanied by her grandmother, aged, 49, and her 28-year-old father.
Bernama reported that the items were handed over at the family’s rented room in Jejawi. Also present were Perlis education director Rose Aza Che Arifin and social welfare department director Ku Chik Ku Mat Esa.
Representatives from the Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council were also present to offer financial assistance to the girl.
The child’s paternal grandmother said she will take care of the two siblings (the girl and her younger sister) at her home in Jerlun, Kedah, where the children often visit.
The incident, which occurred on Feb 9, involved a 37-year-old canteen worker who allegedly struck her daughter’s head, causing the child to fall and sustain a wound on her right eyebrow that required stitches.
The woman was arrested the next day after the circulation of a 47-second video depicting the assault.
She has been remanded for six days to assist in the investigation under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001. - FMT

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