A newborn baby boy was found dead on a river in Malaysia on Friday afternoon (9 May), reported Malaysian news outlet Oriental Daily News.
His umbilical cord was reportedly still attached.
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Assistant Commissioner Amihizam Abdul Shukor, chief of the Brickfields district, confirmed that the police were alerted to the discovery at about 2.05pm.
In a statement, he said an eyewitness was dining at a restaurant along Jalan Klang Lama in Kuala Lumpur when he noticed what looked like a corpse stuck between some rocks in the river.
He immediately alerted the authorities, and a team from the Seputeh Fire and Rescue Station was deployed.
After they managed to retrieve the body, the authorities found that it was a baby boy with his umbilical cord still intact.
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The remains were sent to the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre, where a post-mortem was carried out on Saturday (10 May).
The police have launched an investigation under Section 318 of the Penal Code, which covers the concealing of a birth by disposing the baby’s body.
So far, no suspects have been identified.
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