BATU PAHAT: The body of an infant was found in a rubbish bin near a toilet at a R&R stop here.
Batu Pahat OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said police received information about the discovery of the victim at the Yong Peng R&R stop (northbound) at 3pm on Sunday (Jan 4).
“Medical officers from the Yong Peng Health Clinic confirmed that a fully formed baby boy was found dead.
“The baby was found with his umbilical cord still attached and wrapped in a piece of cloth inside a rubbish bin in the women’s toilet.
“The body has been sent to Hospital Sultanah Nora Ismail, Batu Pahat, for a post-mortem examination and further investigation,” he said in a statement on Monday.
He added that investigations are being carried out under Section 316 of the Penal Code for causing the death of a quick unborn child by an act amounting to culpable homicide.
He also urged members of the public who may have any information regarding the case to come forward to assist investigations or to channel information to the nearest police station, or via the Johor police hotline at 07-2212999, or the Batu Pahat police hotline at 07-4343999.
