00:00A 34-year-old babysitter has been charged at the Alor Gajah Magistrate's Court
00:05with the murder of an 8-month-old infant at a daycare centre in Taman Kelamak, Utama, a week ago.
00:12No plea was recorded when Noor Afifah Abdullah Suhaimi was charged before Magistrate Dr Teo Shuyi on Friday
00:19as murder cases are under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
00:22The charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code carries the death penalty or imprisonment up to 40 years
00:30and 12 strokes of the rotan if convicted.
00:34The accused, a mother of three, is alleged to have caused the infant's death at the
00:38Anak Pintar Soleha Child Care Centre at Jalan Kelamak, Utama, on September 6.
00:44No bail was granted for the accused and the court fixed November 13 for next mention.
00:50The baby died shortly after he was sent to a nursery in Alor Gajah by his mother and grandfather at 7.05am that day.
00:58The mother later received a call from the nursery asking her to pick up the child.
01:03Upon arriving, the mother found that the baby's body had turned blue and his nose was bleeding.
01:09The baby was rushed to Hospital Alor Gajah where he was pronounced dead due to the suffocation.
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