"We Don't Know How To Manage The Body" - Dead Baby Left Outside Of PJ Mosque With A Note
Based on closed-circuit camera (CCTV) footage obtained from the mosque, police managed to trace the suspects.
By Arisha Rozaidee — 25 Nov 2020, 06:20 PM
Police have arrested two individuals for leaving the dead body of their baby girl outside of a mosque in Petaling Jaya
According to Sinar Harian, an imam found the body in a plastic bag around 8.45pm on Sunday, 22 November.
The plastic bag was placed next to the imam's parked car outside of the mosque located in Sungai Way.
The body of the four-month-old was found along with a note which read, "I do not know how to manage this baby's corpse, for I am ignorant and a great sinner"
The author of the note also requested the members of the mosque to bury the body, as reported by Astro Awani.
They wrote, "My family disowned me because of this child. I do not have a proper home and do not have money to take this child to the hospital. Please handle the body and bury it properly, in accordance with Islam."
Based on closed-circuit camera (CCTV) footage obtained from the mosque, police managed to trace the suspects, a 25-year-old man and a 26-year-old foreign woman
Petaling Jaya deputy police chief Supt Ku Mashariman Ku Mahmood told Harian Metro that the suspects were arrested in a hotel room.
"After some questioning, the two admitted to leaving the body of the baby girl at the mosque," he added.
The suspects have been placed under remand for four days and the case is being investigated under Section 318 of the Penal Code for concealment of birth by secret disposal of a dead body.
