Firemen rescue child attempting to jump down flat building
KUALA LUMPUR: A child who was left alone at home and believed to be trying to jump from the third floor flat in Pandan Mewah here, was rescued by firemen yesterday.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department Operations assistant director Mohd Sani Harul said the boy, aged about nine, was seen trying to jump from the back of the f lat after throwing down a bag filled with clothes at about 10.30am.
“A team from the Pandan Fire and Rescue Department was rushed to the location after receiving a distress call at 10.34am, and found the main door of the house was locked, and there was no caretaker.
“However, the rescue team managed to enter the house through the door and persuaded the child not to jump, and brought him to safety,” he said when contacted by Bernama here, yesterday.
Mohd Sani said initial investigations revealed the boy stayed at home alone, as his family members were out to work.
He said the operation ended at 11.06am, and the child was handed over to the police for further action.
In Kuantan, a 20-year- old man allegedly made a false police report of finding a dead baby at a fishing spot in the Sepayang dam area in Rompin, near here, to hide the abortion done by his girlfriend.
Rompin police chief DSP Muhammad Aidil Roneh Abdullah said the suspect who worked as an assistant in a grocery store, had earlier taken the body to his workplace, about 14 hours before making the police report.
“The suspect claimed that the body was found wrapped in a white cloth while he was searching for a fishing spot at the dam alone, at 8am yesterday,” he said.
Muhammad Aidil said further investigation revealed, however, that the suspect had taken the dead baby from his girlfriend’s house in Pontian Jaya, Rompin.
The 18-year- old female was arrested at 11.10pm yesterday, in front of a fast food restaurant where she worked.
“The suspect (teenager) confessed to aborting the baby on Tuesday, after taking medicines purchased online, worth RM500,” he said.
He added that the body of the baby was sent to the Rompin Hospital for post-mortem, while the case was being investigated under Section 318 of the Penal Code for concealing the birth of a child, which carries a maximum jail sentence of two years, or a fine, or both, if convicted. — Bernama
A team from the Pandan Fire and Rescue Department was rushed to the location after receiving a distress call at 10.34am, and found the main door of the house was locked, and there was no caretaker. Mohd Sani Harul, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department Operations assistant director