Couple's son identifies objects used to hit him on the second day of trial

The second day of Azizul Raheem Awaluddin and Shalwati Norshal's trial in Solna District Court began with the prosecution presenting a video interview of their youngest son, the seven-year-old Arif.

In the video, the investigating officer who was interviewing Arif, took out a bag of items found in the couple's house.

Speaking in Swedish and with the help of an interpreter, the officer asked Arif to point out which of the objects were used to hit him.

Wearing a blue sweater and jeans, Arif who looked more confused than surprised at the questions, identified two rotans and a carpet beater that his mother used to hit him.

He described the rotan as a 'stick with a knot'.

The second video shown before the court went into recess, was with their eldest son, Ammar,12, who was more descriptive.

He described two clear incidents where he was allegedly beaten by his mother and father.

The first incident was when he was listening to loud music while doing homework and his mother hit him with a hanger to punish him.

The second incident was when he and his sister had an argument in the car while their father was driving them to school. He said he was hit in the shoulder by Azizul after hitting his sister.

The videos were presented by prosecutor, Anna Arnell, in the court room which was presided by Judge Mattias Moller.

Clad in a gold-coloured baju kurung, grey tudung and a suit jacket, Shalwati looked calm throughout the proceeding in the morning. She and Azizul sat with their lawyers Johan Tamm and Kristofer Stahre.

In attendance were Malaysia Ambassador Datuk Badruddin Abdul Rahman, Tourism Malaysia director-general Datuk Mirza Mohammed Tayib and several of the couple's family members and friends.

Azizul and Shalwati have been detained since Dec 2013 for allegedly abusing their four children, who are now under the care of their aunt in Kelantan.

They were brought home from Sweden by Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin, last month.

The elder children, Aishah, 14, and Ammar are now schooling at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Padang Kala while Adam, 11, and Arif are now studing at Sekolah Kebangsaan Padang Kala, Kota Bharu.

The trial which is expected to run for 10-days at the Solna District Court in Stockholm will see Shalwati and Azizul plea their innocence for violating the integrity of their children.