A COUPLE was arrested to assist in an investigation following the discovery of a dead newborn baby girl in a ditch at Kampung Melayu Pandan in Johor Baru yesterday.

Seri Alam acting police chief Mohd Roslan Mohd Tahir said in a statement today that police received information on the discovery of the baby with an umbilical cord still attached, from a 33-year-old local woman at 11.50am.

Acting on the information, the local man and woman, lovers aged 28 and 27 who worked as factory operators, were nabbed at 1.30pm.

“We seized a purple T-shirt and a green sarong cloth that had stains, suspected to be blood,” Roslan said, adding that various medications and two mobile phones were also seized from the couple.

He said initial investigation found that the suspects did not have any criminal records.

He said the baby’s body was sent to Sultanah Aminah Hospital for a post-mortem.

The case is being investigated under section 318 of the penal code. The suspects are under remand for four days beginning today. – Bernama, December 12, 2022.