KUALA LANGAT – Police detained a teenage female student to assist investigations after the body of a baby wrapped in cloth was found in a rubbish area at a hostel block of a higher learning institution here yesterday.
Kuala Langat police chief Superintendent Mohd Akmalrizal Radzi said the suspect, who is believed to be the infant's mother, was detained following a report from a local man about the discovery at 12.20pm.
"The suspect, believed to be the baby's mother, was detained to assist investigations under Section 318 of the Penal Code," he said in a statement on Saturday.
The section provides for a jail term of up to two years or a fine or both, upon conviction.
Akmalrizal asked members of the public with information related to the incident to contact the Kuala Langat District Police Headquarters (IPD) Operations Room at 03-3187 2222 or to come forward at the nearest police station to assist investigations.