Teen to Testify as Prosecution Witness in Kluang Baby Murder Case
Kluang police chief Bahrin Noh said the teenager was released on condition that he gives evidence at the trial of the baby's mother.
KLUANG – A teenage boy detained over the death of a baby here will testify as a prosecution witness in the trial of the infant's mother, Kluang police chief Bahrin Noh said.
He said the deputy public prosecutor had decided that the teenager be released on condition that he testify as a witness in the case.
Bahrin said the baby's mother, a 19-year-old student, would be charged with murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
She was detained at Enche Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital after giving birth to another child.
"The charge against the female student will be filed at the Kluang magistrates' court tomorrow," he was quoted as saying by Kosmo today.
Body found in toilet bowl
Police said the two teenagers were arrested on July 29 after a college lecturer found the baby's body in a toilet bowl at a rented house in Taman Setia Mutiara, Kluang.
The body bore stab wounds.
Section 302 of the Penal Code provides the punishment for murder. Magistrates' courts have no jurisdiction to try murder cases, and such matters are ordinarily transferred to the High Court after the charge is read.
No further details have been released on the sequence of events or on the relationship between the two teenagers.
The allegations have yet to be tested in court, and anyone charged is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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