A woman in Kuala Lumpur raised a doctor’s suspicion while seeking medical treatment at a hospital recently.
She claimed that she experienced bleeding at home as soon as she came back from work.
According to Harian Metro, the woman went to the hospital on Friday, 11 December. The doctor suspected that she had just given birth but she denied it.
An unnamed source told the Malay daily, “The woman claimed to not know that she was pregnant and had given birth. This caused the doctor to suspect that she was trying to conceal the birth and proceeded to file a police report.”
Following the police report, a team of officers decided to apprehend the woman’s boyfriend to assist in investigations
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The arrest was made at a house in Bangsar around 6.30pm on the same day.
After some questioning, the suspect admitted to throwing away his girlfriend’s foetus in the bushes at Pantai Sentral Park and setting it on fire.
The suspect brought police to the location and handed over a plastic bag with the burnt foetus inside of it.
Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body falls under Section 318 of the Penal Code
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Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department head SAC Nik Ros Azhan Nik Ab Hamid confirmed the arrest with Harian Metro.
The foetus was taken to the University of Malaya Medical Centre for further action.