Cops detain schoolgirl who allegedly dumped newborn baby in toilet cistern


BUKIT MERTAJAM: A secondary schoolgirl and her boyfriend have been detained to facilitate investigations into the discovery of a dead baby boy in a toilet cistern at the Butterworth Health Clinic.

The 16-year-old pupil was picked up at her house in Butterworth about 12.30pm Wednesday, about five hours after the body of the newborn was found.

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