JAKARTA - Malaysian police revealed that they had found evidence of intentional elements in the fire of one of the houses in Butterworth which killed a mother and her foster child.
The head of the Penang Police, Datuk Azizee Ismail, said the investigation found criminal elements leading to the biological child of the mother of the victim of the fire.
"The fire report also found traces of gasoline in the house," he said on Tuesday, December 23, quoted from Bernama.
Ismail explained that the perpetrator was believed to have acted alone. Regarding further investigations to uncover the motive, he is still waiting for the perpetrator who was injured to be treated at the hospital.
The process related to the investigation of this case is still being carried out. The Penang Police are rushing to send the investigation file to the Office of the Deputy Public Prosecutor.
In the fire that occurred on December 10, 2025, two victims were trapped inside the house, a mother in her 50s and her foster daughter who was five years old.
The victim's son, who is in his 20s, is suspected of being injured when the roof structure collapsed.
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