A 6-Month-Old Baby Girl Who Is Believed To Have Been Abused Has Died In Hospital
The baby was pronounced dead at 6.45am today.
By Sadho Ram — 24 Mar 2018, 06:22 PM
At around 6.45am today, a six-month-old baby girl died four hours after she was admitted to Seri Manjung Hospital. Police believes that the baby died due to suspected abuse.
According to a report in Bernama, the Manjung district police was informed of the baby's death by the hospital
"They baby was brought to the hospital by her guardian at 2am.
"She was weak upon arrival at the hospital. The attending doctor suspected she has been abused," Bernama quoted Manjung district police chief Assistant Commissioner Muhammad Hanif Othman as saying.
ACP Hanif Othman added that while doctors at the hospital tried to treat the baby, she died at about 6.45am
There will a post-term done to determine the exact cause of the baby's death.
Meanwhile, Manjung police have arrested four suspects, including the mother and stepfather of the baby girl
ACP Hanif Othman said that apart from the parents, a married couple who were the baby's babysitters were also detained, reported NST Online.
"The suspects, aged between 25 and 35 years, have been detained to facilitate investigations into the baby's death," he said, adding that the suspects are on a seven-day remand from today, 24 March.
The case is being investigated under Section 31(1) (a) of the Child Act 2001.
Recently, there have been many cases of child abuse:
A couple of weeks ago, a 29-year-old father, Mohd Amri Ismail, was sentenced to 10 years' jail by the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur, for slamming his four-month-old son to the floor in a fit of rage because he could not put up with his cries.
Back in February this year, a 46-day-old baby died while she was being rushed to the Seberang Jaya Hospital. It was reported that the baby girl, who was born on 30 December, died due to suspected abuse by her parents at their home.
Prior to that, an army sergeant father of a nine-year-old girl, who died in Port Dickson in February, confessed to using his military-issued belt to beat her until she lost consciousness. He also admitted to kicking and stepping on the girl till she urinated.