KUALA TERENGGANU – Police are looking for a lorry driver and several waste disposal workers to help their investigations into the discovery of the body of a newly-born baby boy at the Kampung Mak Chili waste disposal site in Cukai, Kemaman, on Tuesday.
State CID chief ACP K. Manoharan said the post-mortem report showed that the baby died at birth.
The dead baby, believed to be of Malay parentage, was born 12 hours before it was found by workers who were cleaning up the dump site, he said.
“We believe the garbage that was dumped at the site was collected around Cukai.
“The body is believed to have been carried by the Kemaman Municipal Council garbage truck which was the last to dump garbage at the site, at about 3pm. So far, we haven’t got any clue regarding the case,” he said when met at his office.
According to news reports, the body, with its umbilical cord attached, was found inside a plastic sack at 5.50pm.
Body of newborn found at dumpsite
The body of a new-born boy, with umbilical cord still intact, was found at a garbage dump site in Kampung Mak Chili, Cukai, Kemaman here, yesterday.
State CID Chief ACP K. Manoharan said garbage collectors found the body when carrying out cleaning works at the area at about 5.50pm.
“Workers found the baby in a plastic bag that was stuffed inside a cloth bag, before calling us.
“Further investigation revealed that a garbage lorry from the Kemaman Municipal Council was the last lorry to dump garbage at the site at about 1.30pm,” he told reporters here today.
Manoharan said the body was later sent to the Kemaman Hospital. — BERNAMA
