Five women among nine nabbed in Penang over baby's death


BUKIT MERTAJAM: A total of nine individuals, including five women, have been arrested in connection with the death of a one-year-old boy believed to have been abused.

Central Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Tan Cheng Shan said that, in the incident that occurred at about 7pm on Saturday (Aug 26), police received information from the Seberang Jaya Hospital that a child with abuse marks was brought in to the hospital and had been confirmed dead.

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