Babysitter under probe after child found injured in Johor

ISKANDAR PUTERI: Police have confirmed receiving a report about a two-month-old baby girl who was found in a weak and injured state when her mother picked her up from the babysitter’s house on Sept 4. Iskandar Puteri OCPD Asst Comm M. Kumarasan said that the report was filed by the victim’s mother at the Iskandar Puteri...

Woman dropped her baby from block of flats before pair found dead: State Coroner

SINGAPORE: A woman who was worried about her one-year-old daughter’s development, dropped her from a high floor of their block of flats on Nov 5, 2023. The mother then jumped down from the same spot before landing on the ground floor near the baby. Delivering his findings on Sept 24 on the double tragedy, State Coroner Adam...

Bomba honours heroic duo for rescuing motorists after car plunges into ditch

SERI ISKANDAR: "When I heard the baby crying, I dived straight into the ditch with only one thought in mind, to rescue the baby and the other victims,” said Mohd Azwan Basirun, 38, the heroic figure who helped save those involved in a car accident in Bagan Serai on Aug 24. In the incident at KM15...

Nursery worker detained for alleged murder of infant in Melaka

MELAKA: A 34-year-old childminder has been detained for the alleged murder of an infant at Taman Kelamak Utama in Alor Gajah. Alor Gajah OCPD Supt Ashari Abu Samah said the mother of three was detained at a nursery in Alor Gajah on Friday evening (Sept 6) to assist in the investigation under Section 302 of the...

Cops record statements from 11 individuals in baby girl’s drowning probe

KOTA BHARU: Police have summoned 11 individuals, including survivors and their parents, to record their statements regarding a tragic incident involving a three-wheeled motorcycle on Friday (Aug 9), resulting in the drowning of a 15-month-old baby girl in Bachok. Bachok district police chief Supt Mohamad Ismail Jamaluddin said the police would also take statements from those...

Nine-month-old baby trapped in car in Kota Kinabalu

KOTA KINABALU: Firemen came to a baby’s rescue who was accidentally left in a locked car near the RHB Bank along Gaya Street, here, Monday morning. In a statement from the Sabah Fire and Rescue Services Department, the nine-month-old baby boy was successfully reunited with his parents after being trapped in the car for 20 minutes. A...

Father taking baby to hospital on motorcycle catches Anwar’s attention

KUALA LUMPUR: The case of a father who has to regularly ferry his 11-month-old son with chronic lung problems to the hospital on a motorcycle has caught the attention of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The man's plight has gone viral on social media and the Prime Minister's political secretary, Ahmad Farhan Fauzi, is requesting...

Ex-admin assistant jailed six years, fined RM90,000 over sale of baby boy

KUALA LUMPUR: A former administrative assistant of a college was sentenced to a total of six years in prison and fined RM90,000 by the Sessions Court here Friday (Jan 19) after she was found guilty on charges of trafficking a 13-month-old baby boy and using forged documents to register the baby's birth four years ago. Judge...

Cops record statements of six people over baby girl’s death

PETALING JAYA: Police have recorded the statements of six individuals in connection with the death of a two-month-old baby girl at a daycare centre in Kota Damansara. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid said those whose statements were recorded were the victim's family members and the daycare centre's staff members. "We have yet to...