Social welfare department director-general Che Murad Sayang Ramjan confirmed this, Bernama reported.

“For now, due to the fatality, the daycare centre has been ordered to stop operations pending the outcome of the investigation,” he said.

Wangsa Maju deputy police chief Syahrul Anuar Abdul Wahab said no arrests had been made in connection with the case.

He said police had recorded statements from the centre’s owner, caregivers, the baby’s parents and welfare officers.

The investigation is being conducted by the city police’s sexual, women and children investigation division (D11) and will cover all aspects, including possible negligence.

Yesterday, Syahrul was reported as saying the baby’s cause of death had been identified as asphyxia due to food and milk aspiration.