KUALA PILAH: Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of a newborn baby boy's remains near a transmission tower in Rembang Panas near here.
District deputy OCPD Deputy Supt Shamrol Shah Ramli said the discovery was made by a passerby, who then alerted the police at 6.30pm on Thursday (March 26).
He said a team of investigators, including the state forensics unit, was immediately dispatched to the scene. Preliminary findings suggest the infant had been dead for at least two days.
"Preliminary examinations found the body to be that of a fully formed newborn baby boy with the umbilical cord still attached," DSP Shamrol Shah said in a statement.
He said there were no signs of external injury on the victim's remains, which had begun to decompose.
The case is being probed under section 318 of the Penal Code, which states that anyone who intentionally conceals or attempts to conceal the birth of a child by secretly burying or disposing of the dead body of that child commits an offence.
Offenders can be jailed for up to two years or fined or both upon conviction.
DSP Shamrol Shah said the remains had been sent to the Tuanku Ampuan Najihah Hospital for a post-mortem.
He said those with information on the matter can contact the investigating officer, Insp Supiah Ishak, at 019 993 3978 or the district station at 06 484 2999 to assist with the investigation.
