The mother and the stepfather of the seven-year-old boy who was found drowned in a water tank last month have been charged in the Malacca Magistrate’s Court today for his murder.

Zuraida Atan, 31, and her husband, Mohd Fadzli Abdull Razak, 38, nodded after the charge was read out to them, but no plea was recorded as the case comes under the jurisdiction of the High Court...