PETALING JAYA: A couple has been arrested over the discovery of a baby boy’s body at the Terminal Bersepadu Selatan (TBS) bus terminal in Kuala Lumpur last week.
Cheras district deputy police chief Supt Lim Chun How said the two unemployed suspects, both aged 21, were arrested in Sepang following investigations by the Cheras district police headquarters’ Criminal Investigation Division (D9).
He said police received information from TBS management on June 9 regarding the discovery of a newborn baby wrapped in a blue plastic bag in a women’s toilet on Level 3 of the terminal.
“Preliminary investigations found that both suspects admitted to their involvement in the case.
“The female suspect is believed to have given birth to the baby in the toilet before disposing of the body in a rubbish bin out of fear of being reprimanded by her family,” he said in a statement on Monday (June 15).
Supt Lim said the couple has been remanded for four days from June 13 to June 16 to facilitate further investigations.
The case is being investigated under Section 318 of the Penal Code for concealment of birth by secretly disposing of the body.