[kellyhound]

Malaysia: An Immigration team conducting checks found a severely malnourished and physically handicapped teenager locked in an apartment bedroom.

The 15-year-old boy, who is also believed to be mentally challenged, was naked but for a tattered, soiled t-shirt and was covered in his own faeces and urine in one of the rooms of the apartment.

The officers themselves were stunned. “Oh God! This is so cruel,” said the officer who stumbled upon the boy.

The room was littered with broken polysterene boxes. While there was a wheelchair in the room, the teen could only move on his buttocks and could not use his legs.

Preliminary investigations revealed that he had been left there by his relatives as they could not care for him.

State Immigration director Faizal Fazri Othman said investigations revealed the teenager’s name was Muhammad Firdaus Dullah and that he was of Bajau descent.

“When my officers found him, he only had a torn, soiled t-shirt on and his entire body was covered in faeces and urine.

“He was incredibly thin and we could see all the bones in his emaciated frame,” he said, adding that the teenager was also unable to stand or sit on his own.

The teenager’s limbs were also deformed, believed to have been caused by severe malnutrition.

Faizal said the teenager also looked as he was only half his age due to his condition.

“The entire unit was also full of filth with used polystyrene packs scattered all over the place,” he said, adding that his officers managed to find the teenager’s birth certificate in the unit.

Faizal said his officers managed to contact the teenager’s 39-year-old mother and that the case had been referred to the Welfare Department.

“We believe that the mother was employed as a helper at an eatery in Sepang.

“We have sent the teenager to the Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital for treatment,” he added.

Hospital preliminary medical tests performed on the boy showed he was fine.

"However, doctors are trying to establish why he has lost so much weight and is malnourished," a spokeswomen said, adding that Muhammad Firdaus was also given a hair cut and bath when he was brought to the hospital.

A state welfare department official said the boy would be sent to one of its homes where his condition would be monitored for 30 days.

"We will only decide on the next course of action after we complete the investigations," said the official.

Meanwhile police would also probe the matter under the Child Act 2001 and determine if the mother had been negligent in looking after the boy.

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim said she was appalled and saddened by the incident.

Rohani said preliminary investigations showed that the boy was living with his mother as his parents were divorced.

The boy's mother had told the authorities that she did not abuse or neglect her child.

Update: http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...ml#post5014145

[unknown2u]

How sad.

[Politkovskaja]

ffs

[Rusty666]

wow

[jesse]

Heart wrenching! I just want to hold him.....

[ralucagymnast]

Absolutely breaks my heart to see this; what the hell is wrong with some people?? How could they just leave him like that???Obviously human life has less meaning and value than dirt on the ground

[AnaleFaust]

Fuck man I couldn't watch past the 1 minute mark. I hope he gets the care he needs.

[30564U]

Unfortunately this isn't that uncommon...even in the United States. I remember seeing my first "unfit" home and the malnourished children I found in there. It was absolutely horrible. In fact, of all the horrific things I saw during my career, it's the one incident that still haunts me...and probably will the rest of my life. The abused children are always the worst and saddest victims. Our country doesn't do enough to punish the parents or caretakers...and cancel parental rights. We're so limp wrested when it comes to putting the screws to dead beat parents. Sooooo sad.

[pissypantsandpuke]

Oh my god. :'(

[vagabond]

I'd like to twist his mother's head off, slowly. That poor little boy, even that kitten seemed to be concerned for him- probably his only living contact.