GEORGE TOWN: Police have obtained a six-day remand order against a college student and her boyfriend, both 18, to assist in investigations into an incident in which a newborn was flung out of a 13th floor apartment unit in Farlim here yesterday.
The teenage girl, believed to be the mother of the newborn, was remanded at the Penang Hospital while her unemployed boyfriend was remanded at the central lock-up here.
Northeast district police chief Assistant Commissioner Soffian Santong said the magistrate had granted a six-day remand order against the duo to assist in investigations into the case.
"The mother is still warded at the Penang Hospital for further treatment and reported to be in a stable condition. At the same time, she is also undergoing counselling.
"The doctor who attended to her said she could be discharged on Monday," said Soffian today.
Yesterday, the girl and her boyfriend, with whom she admitted having sexual intercourse, were detained to assist in investigations into the incident.
She had apparently kept the pregnancy a secret from her family.
Police were alerted to the incident at about 8.25am by a resident at the apartment block who had stumbled upon the dead baby girl on the fourth floor parking lot.
Following investigation, the girl revealed that she had woken up at 6am yesterday with a stomach ache, and about 30 minutes later, she went to the bathroom to try to defecate.
While she was pushing, the baby fell into the toilet bowl. She heard the baby's cries.
She then wrapped the baby in the T-shirt she was wearing before throwing her out of the back window.
The baby's body was badly mutilated by the impact of the fall.
It is learnt that several members of the girl's family were at home at the time of the incident, but did not realise what had happened.
The case is being investigated for murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code.