IPOH: Police detained a 17-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl on suspicion of abandoning a baby girl, with her umbilical cord still attached, in a box at Pusat Pengajian Islam Nur As-Salam, Kampung Bukit, Sungai Nor, Rantau Panjang in Selama today.
Selama police chief Superintendent Sarudin Samah said that in the 7.28am incident yesterday, police received a report from a man about the discovery.
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"Following an investigation, we made two arrests today (Jan 7) - a 17-year-old boy believed to have been involved in abandoning the baby and a 14-year-old girl, who is undergoing hospital treatment.
"Both are school students," he said in a statement. – Bernama