By Mavis Toh

THE decomposed body of a six-year-old boy, who was reported missing since last Wednesday, was found on the bank of the Kallang River near Block 44 on Bendemeer Road on Wednesday morning.

A man in his early 30s has been arrested and will be charged with the boy's murder on Thursday, said police, who found the body at 8.40am.

The boy, Muhammad Nor Rashidy Bin Rahmat, was last seen at his home in Block 65, Kallang Bahru on Nov 18 at about 6 pm, said police, who made an appeal for information on his whereabouts on Tuesday.

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