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A FARMER who was remanded to assist in an investigation into the deadly poisoning of two brothers was released yesterday on police bail.
Kulim district police chief Mohd Azizul Mohd Khairi said the 33-year-old man had been in remand since July 11.
"The remand period will not be extended, and the suspect is released on police bail pending the decision of the deputy public prosecutor (DPP)," he said in a statement today.
"The investigation papers have been submitted to the DPP."
Three-year-old Muhammad Akil Syauqi Nur Sufyan and his brother, Muhammad Luth Syauqi, two, had died after eating crackers laced with rat poison.
The two boys are believed to have consumed a packet of crackers placed on a fence erected by the farmer to trap monkeys, in Kampung Padang Ubi, Labu Besar, near Kulim.
Akil died in Penang Hospital on July 10 and Luth died two days later in the same hospital. – July 18, 2024.