A two-year-old boy was found dead after he was left inside a car along Jalan Tunku Hassan here on Tuesday evening.
District police chief Assistant Commissioner Azahar Abdul Rahim said police received a MERS 999 call at about 6.15pm regarding the child’s death.
Preliminary investigations found that the boy was discovered unconscious in a Proton Saga after he was left in the vehicle by his 35-year-old mother at about 8am while she went to work at a nearby bank.
“The mother is believed to have forgotten to send the child to a daycare centre and only realised what had happened at about 5pm after finishing work,” he said in a statement.
Azahar said the child was pronounced dead by a medical team at Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital before his body was sent to Rembau Hospital for a post-mortem to determine the cause of death.
He added that the case is being investigated under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001, and that the mother has been arrested to assist with investigations.
