CHUKAI: The magistrate's court here today granted a six-day remand order against a man and his wife over the abuse of their two children.
The 30-year-old man and 26-year-old woman were arrested by the police at 8pm at a village here yesterday.
A person lodged a police report yesterday, alleging that he saw one of the children being kicked and punched by the man and woman about 5pm.
Kemaman police chief Superintendent Hanyan Ramlan said police rushed to the scene after receiving the report.
They found new and old injuries on the bodies of the 6-year-old girl and her 7-year-old brother.
Both were taken to Kemaman Hospital. They will be handed over to the Social Welfare Department, said the police.
The female suspect is a housewife. The man, who is the children's stepfather, is a labourer.
The remand order was granted to the police by magistrate Sharifah Amirda Shahsa Amir Sharifuddin.