Kuala Langat district police chief Akmalrizal Radzi said police are still waiting for the results of a laboratory report, and that an investigation is ongoing, Harian Metro reported.

“(Police have found) elements of negligence and neglect by the nursery caregiver, who (allegedly) left the victim unmonitored for a long period of time.

“Police have taken statements from six people, including the suspect,” he was quoted as saying today.

Akmalrizal said the investigation paper has been referred to the D5 division (prosecution/law) of the Selangor police headquarters’s criminal investigation department.

“There are several orders that need action before the paper can be referred to the deputy public prosecutor,” he said.

Akmalrizal had said earlier that police received a report on Jan 3 about an infant brought to a clinic in Bandar Saujana Putra unconscious by a nursery caregiver.

“The baby was pale with bluish lips and feet and showed no signs of breathing. The complainant, a doctor at the clinic, immediately performed CPR and provided oxygen while waiting for an ambulance to take the baby to Putrajaya Hospital.

“The hospital received the baby at about 4.35pm and continued CPR for over 30 minutes, but there was no response. The baby was pronounced dead at 5.05pm,” he was reported as saying.

The Selangor social welfare department ordered the nursery’s closure after being informed of the incident by police on Jan 5.

Selangor social welfare department director Azmir Kassim was reported to have said that his department went to the nursery on Jan 6 and ordered it to cease operations.