Five-year-old girl allegedly abused by parents in critical condition

The five-year-old girl who is believed to have been abused by her parents is reported in critical condition and relying on the life support system at the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit of the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB) here. State Women Development, Family, Social Welfare and National Integration Committee chairman Datuk Rusnah Kassim, who visited her today, said the child was admitted to the ICU since last Friday. "The doctor's report on the child's condition is not encouraging because she suffered several injuries," she told reporters after visiting the girl. She said the girl had an older brother, aged eight, and also a two-year-old brother and they were now placed under the care of the Kuala Kangsar Social Welfare Department pending investigation on their parents. The girl was sent to the hospital by a family member last Friday and following a medical examination, found that there were wounds on her face, head and body, believed to have been inflicted with a cane. A 39-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman from Menglembu had been detained for investigation into the case.