The remand order was issued by magistrate Tengku Eliana Tuan Kamaruzaman at the Kemaman Hospital maternity ward, after receiving an application from the police for investigations for murder under the Penal Code.

Tengku Eliana was seen arriving at the hospital at 12.40pm accompanied by policemen. It was learned that the remand process took place at the hospital as the teenager was still receiving post-natal treatment.

In the incident on Tuesday morning, a newborn baby boy was found dead with chest injuries, believed to have been stabbed with a sharp object at a house in Felcra Seri Bandi, Chukai in Kemaman.

Kemaman district police chief Hanyan Ramlan reportedly said the police was notified of the incident by a health worker at about 10am yesterday. Preliminary investigations at the house found several sharp objects with traces of blood.