Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matin’s mother told the Sessions Court in Petaling Jaya today that she had never neglected her autistic son, specifically on Dec 5, 2023 as stated in the charges she faces.

Ismanira Abdul Manaf, 30, made the assertion during the examination-in-chief by her lawyer Haresh Mahadevan on the first day of her defence proceedings, as she shared with the court details of the day her son disappeared after she picked him up from school.