Newborn baby found dead at Tugu Negara vicinity, cops arrest Samoan woman


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A Samoan woman was detained by police on suspicion of dumping a newborn baby into a trash bin in a restroom on the National Monument grounds here Monday (Sept 2).

Dang Wangi District police chief ACP Mohd Fahmi Visunathan Abdullah said police were informed of the discovery of a dead baby by the public around 11am.

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