9-Month-Old Baby In Coma After Family Car Was Hijacked By Mentally Unstable Boy

The nine-month-old boy who was taken on a terror ride by a teenager who hijacked a car in Dungun, Terengganu on Monday, will undergo surgery to remove fluid in his brain.

Dr Benedict Marius Selladurai who is treating Muhammad Ashraf Ikhwan at the Ara Damansara Medical Centre here, said the operation would take about one hour.

"The baby needs close attention and care after the surgery".

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Rohani spent about an hour at the Hospital's Intensive Care Unit when Muhammad Ashraf was undergoing treatment.

Muhammad Ashraf fell into a coma after he was thrown out of the Nissan Grand Livina hijacked by a teenager when it met with an accident.

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During the visit, Rohani handed a contribution of RM2,000 to the family of the child through Yayasan Kebajikan Negara (YKN) under the Pemberian Ehsan Kepada Mangsa dan Keluarga (PEKA) scheme.

The baby who was the victim of a terror ride by a mentally unstable teenager has come out of his coma.

Abdul Pirhat Karim said his son, nine-month-old Ashraf Ikhwan, was in stable condition.

“Thankfully, my son is showing positive signs such as being able to respond and cry. He is also able to drink milk, although the doctor says he can only do so via a tube for now,” said Abdul Pirhat, 34.

“He is showing all the positive signs of recovering, but still being closely monitored following the concussion he suffered in the accident,” he said.

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He added that Ashraf had been in a coma for two days and was transferred from the Intensive Care Unit to the children’s ward at the Sultanah Nur Zahirah hospital here.

Abdul Pirhat said his wife, who suffered fractured ribs in the accident, was also recovering well at the same hospital.

Although still traumatised by the incident, he said he was relieved that the suspect had been arrested.

A nine-month-old baby is in a coma following a terror ride by a mentally unstable teenager who tried to carjack two vehicles along the East Coast Highway here.

In the 6pm incident the family was on their way to Kuala Lumpur from Kelantan in an MPV; two of the family members are attached with the police force.

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They then stopped at the Bukit Besi-Ajil rest area of the East Coast Highway, where two of them decided to use the restroom.

Out of nowhere, the 17-year-old suspect got into the car and sped off with three people still inside.

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Terengganu police chief Datuk Jamshah Mustapa said the 17-year-old, a school dropout from Kemaman, had driven off a Grand Livina multi-purpose vehicle with a couple and their baby still inside the car.

While the in-laws went to the restroom, the boy suddenly got into the car and drove off with the couple and their baby.
However, the car soon skidded out of control before crashing into another vehicle and a lorry.

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“Ketika dalam perjalanan pulang ke Kuala Lumpur selepas pengebumian nenek yang meninggal dunia di Tumpat, Kelantan, kereta saya dipandu adik ipar dengan isterinya duduk di depan.

“Ketika singgah di R&R Ajil, adik ipar dan isterinya ke tandas sebelum secara tiba-tiba remaja itu menceroboh masuk dan memecut kereta kami menghala ke arah Kuantan,” katanya.

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“Saya tidak sangka dia berani masuk ketika kami ada dalam kereta dan kemudian memecut sehingga terbabit kemalangan,” kata Abdul Pirhat Karim, 35, mengimbas kejadian kenderaan pelbagai guna (MPV) Grand Livina, miliknya dilarikan seorang remaja, petang kelmarin.

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Katanya, sepanjang perjalanan beliau berusaha memujuk remaja terbabit supaya tidak melakukan sesuatu yang membahayakan isteri dan bayinya.

“Remaja itu tidak peduli, menyebabkan saya bergelut dengannya sebelum hilang kawalan dan terbabit kemalangan dengan sebuah kereta dan lori ketika tiba berhampiran Ladang Gajah Mati,” katanya.

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“The vehicle skidded out of control before crashing into a Proton Waja car and a lorry. The baby and his father were thrown out in the impact,” Terengganu police chief Datuk Jamshah Mustapa said.

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The baby, he said, lapsed into a coma while the mother, Che Mastura Che Awang, 31, sustained a broken rib and the father, Abdul Pirhat Karim, 34, a fractured right shoulder.

After the accident at KM88 of Jalan Jerangau-Jabor near Ladang Gajah Mati, the unarmed suspect from Kemaman stopped a Perodua Myvi which was heading to Kuala Terengganu from Kuantan, he said.

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Jamshah said the teenager pretended to ask for help but as soon the driver got out of the car, he drove off with its four passengers still inside.

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“The car was later found with the teenager inside in Kampung Batu Rakit at about 7pm. All the passengers were unharmed.

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Not long afterwards, police managed to intercept the suspect infront of a mosque in Batu Rakit.

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The suspect, who tested negative for drugs, has been remanded and will be referred to a psychiatrist, he said.

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“Initial investigations showed that the boy’s motive was not to steal the cars. He is a school dropout and we believe that he is mentally unstable,” he said.

The victims including the baby's mother Che Mastura Che Awang, 31, and father Abdul Pirhat Karim, 34, are being treated at the Dungun Hospital.

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