June, 5 2007
KUALA LUMPUR (The Star\ANN): Police have arrested an Indonesian maid believed to have dumped the body of a newborn baby in a rubbish bin outside her employer's house in Taman Wahyu here.
The maid, in her early 20s, was picked up by police Sunday after her employer found the body and lodged a report at the Jinjang police station at about 10 a.m.
Thrown out like rubbish: Policemen taking away the body of a newborn baby which was found wrapped in a white cloth and placed in a bin liner.
It was learnt that the baby was born alive to the maid last Saturday evening and that the woman had kept the birth a secret from her employer and his wife.
Sentul OCPD Asst Comm K. Kumaran said a police team recovered the body of the baby which was wrapped in a white cloth and placed in a garbage bag.
The body was sent to Hospital Kuala Lumpur for a post-mortem.
ACP Kumaran said initial investigations showed that only the employer's other maid, who shared a room with the suspect, knew about the birth.
The roommate informed the employer at about 7 a.m. Sunday after the baby was found missing. (**)
