Body of newborn baby boy found in hostel toilet bowl

Woman from Sungai Petani studying at institute of higher learning detained when she sought treatment at government hospital.

ALOR SETAR: Police have arrested a female student in connection with the discovery of the body of a newborn baby boy in the toilet bowl of a hostel of an institute of higher learning (Ipta) in Kedah on Thursday.

Kedah CID chief SAC Mohd Nashir Ya said a report on the discovery was lodged by a member of the public at Kubang Pasu district police headquarters in Jitra about 5.20pm the same day.

He said the woman, in her 20s, is also a first-year student in the Ipta and was arrested while seeking treatment at a government hospital.

“The cause of death is still being investigated by the hospital authorities while police have opened an investigation paper under Section 318 of the Penal Code for baby dumping,” he said in a statement here today.

The suspect from Sungai Petani is still under remand until tomorrow. -FMT