PASIR GUDANG: A neighbour of M. Tishant, whose body was found buried in Jempol days after he was reported missing, revealed hearing frequent arguments between the boy's parents and the child's cries months before his disappearance.

Six-year-old Tishant was the couple's only child.

Kamarudin Abdullah, 47, who lived next door to the family in Jalan Tasek 28, Bandar Seri Alam, here, said he was concerned over the tension in his neighbour's house.

"I have been their neighbour for about a year. I often heard the boy crying and loud arguments between his parents," he said.

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Kamarudin said he was recently told that the six-year-old boy had gone missing, but did not expect the tragedy to end in death.

"I didn't see Tishant for over a month," he said, adding that the boy's parents stopped staying at the house and would only drop by separately.

Checks today revealed the double-storey low-cost terrace house remain locked with no signs of occupancy.

Tishant was reported missing from Taman Bukit Indah in Iskandar Puteri, on July 24.

Police arrested the boy's 36-year-old father — who then led investigators to Rompin in Jempol, Negri Sembilan, where the boy's body was buried.

Investigations are now being carried out under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder for neglect under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001.

The suspect is also being investigated for lodging a false report. He had claimed the boy went missing about 6pm, on July 23, when he left him in a parked car to buy food.

The body has been sent to the Rembau Hospital Forensic Medical Unit for a post-mortem to determine the cause and time of death.