LAHAD DATU, June 1 — An Arab male, who originated from Jordan and was believed to have committed a criminal threat on his wife and assaulted his son to the extent of causing injury here, was detained in a hotel in Sandakan this morning.

Lahad Datu OCPD ACP Nasri Mansor said in a statement here today that Hani Mosbah Ramadan Al Ayaydeh, 43, was detained by a police team from the Lahad Datu Criminal Investigation Department at about 3.45am.

On Thursday (May 30), the suspect’s wife had lodged a police report as she feared for her personal safety and that of her son.

The police report was lodged after the eight-year-old son of the suspect had been beaten by the suspect to the extent of causing injury last Sunday (May 26).

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Three days later (Wednesday), an argument between the suspect and his wife broke out as the wife did not agree to make a passport for their youngest child to be taken back to Jordan. — Bernama