Kuala Lampur, Aug. 2 -- To arrest a person is to deprive him of his liberty by some lawful authority. (Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary)

It is one of the initial steps taken in the criminal process which may lead to eventual prosecution of the arrested person.

The main statute governing criminal process in Malaysia is the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), which is also the general statute on criminal procedure and processes.

Now, when an arrested person is a child, the child is governed by the Child Act 2001(CA). The CA is a specific statute governing matters relating to children, including criminal procedure applicable to children.

Under Section 2(1) of CA, a child is a person under the age of 18 years. In relation to criminal proceeding...