Boy buried under kitchen floor: Father charged with murder

The father of the boy who was found buried under the kitchen floor in Kepong, Loo Chon Wen, 33, was charged with murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code.

Meanwhile, the victim Loo Yong Shen Evan’s mother Tan Boa Jia, 32 was charged with causing the disappearance of evidence under Section 201.

If found guilty, Tan can be jailed for up to seven years.

The Magistrate court had also ordered for a psychiatric evaluation to be carried out on Tan, whose lawyer Kitson Foong said suffered from battered wife syndrome.

The couple had buried the nine-year-old boy’s body inside the rented house in Taman Usaha Jaya, Kepong. Following the discovery of the boy's body, police arrested Loo at a restaurant in Keningau, Sabah while his wife was arrested the next day in Penampang.

Police investigation found that the boy was buried for eight weeks.

READ: Boy buried under kitchen floor for eight weeks - Police

Last month, a contractor was about to begin renovation works at the house when he detected a stench emanating from the kitchen about 11am.

Upon checking, he stumbled on the body wrapped in cloth. The body was sent to the Sungai Buloh Hospital.

The former tenant, Loo who had stayed at the house with wife and three children had vacated the house last month without informing thee house owner, Ng Ah Kau, 68. READ: Body under kitchen floor: Police seek tenant over boy's murder

Ng had several times to tried in vain to contact Loo who did not pay the rent when he vacated the house, police said.