KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 17 -- Federal police are taking over investigations into the syringe attack on the 12-year-old son of Pandan MP Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli.

The case had been conducted by Selangor state police so far.

"This is in line with the need for a more holistic and centralised investigation," Selangor police chief Commissioner Datuk Shazeli Kahar said in a press statement today.

He urged those with information to provide it to the police.

The attack against the boy happened on August 12 at a shopping centre in Putrajaya.

According to Rafizi, two men on a motorcycle tailed his wife's car before grabbing his son and stabbing the boy with a syringe.

The MP has claimed the attack to be an attempt to stop him from pursuing a potent...