JOHOR BARU: An unemployed man brought along his four-year-old son as he stole a car, kidnapped a homeless woman, and robbed two foreign workers around here and Pasir Gudang.
The father then held his autistic son hostage at knife-point before the boy was rescued by police at around 10.30pm on Tuesday (Dec 22).
Seri Alam acting OCPD Deputy Supt Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said the suspect had earlier told his former wife that he wanted to take the boy out for a while.
The incident started at about 12.10am on Tuesday when the suspect stole a Proton Wira belonging to a 45-year-old Indonesian man, parked near a restaurant in Taman Air Biru.