THREE sisters and their brother were left hungry and wet in a jungle during a downpour after their father drove them out of their home when he was not given any money by the eldest girl, Harian Metro reported.
More shocking, the four siblings – aged seven to 14 – were found to have been assaulted by their ill-tempered father over a long period, as bruises from being kicked, punched and burnt with cigarette butts were found on their bodies.
Villagers of Kampung Guntung, near Setiu in Terengganu, came across the children at a rickety shack in the jungle early Wednesday and lodged a police report.
A police team rushed to the site and took them to the Setiu Hospital, from where they were later referred to the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital in Kuala Terengganu.
Recapping the 1am incident to their rescuers, the eldest child, a 14-year-old school dropout who now works at a food stall, said she had angered her father when she refused to give him her wages.
The 59-year-old man kicked her and chased the girl as well as her sisters, aged 10 and eight, and their seven-year-old brother, out of their house at Kampung Saujana.
The man was allegedly also furious over an SMS sent by one of the children to their mother, who had left the house since September last year.
The police have detained the man for questioning.
>A rubber tapper in Telipok, about 37km from Kota Kinabalu, followed a trail of strewn rice and food and was stunned to see that it led to a spot where his wife’s undergarments and slacks were dumped.
Scouting further, the 53-year-old tapper was shocked to see the half-naked and blood-drenched body of his wife in some bushes.
A sharp weapon was stuck in her neck.
The police had to trek 7km into the smallholding through a dirt road to bring out out the body of the 51-year old victim
