A two-year-old boy died after being left in a car by his mother in Seremban, with the case being investigated under the Child Act 2001.
SEREMBAN: A two-year-old boy was found dead after being left in a car by his mother along Jalan Tunku Hassan.
Seremban district police chief ACP Azahar Abdul Rahim said police received an emergency call around 6.15 pm regarding the death.
Preliminary investigations found the boy unconscious in a Proton Saga after his 35-year-old mother left him at 8 am while going to work at a nearby bank.
“The victim’s mother was said to have forgotten to send her child to the daycare and only realised what had happened around 5 pm when she finished work,” he said in a statement.
The boy was pronounced dead by a medical team at Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital.
He was then sent to Rembau Hospital for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
The case is being investigated under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001.
Azahar added that the mother has been arrested to facilitate investigations.
