Sungai Buloh police chief Hafiz Nor said the case was reported to the police by a medical officer at the UiTM Hospital Puncak Alam at 10.42pm.

According to the medical officer, the baby, who was unconscious, was taken to the hospital’s emergency department’s red zone at 7.23pm in a hospital ambulance from a clinic in Puncak Alam.

“The complainant and emergency specialist doctors provided respiratory treatment and medication to the baby, which took about 22 minutes, but the baby showed no signs of breathing,” he said in a statement today.

Hafiz said the baby’s mother then filed a police report and stated she received a call from the babysitter at 5.40pm informing her that her child had fallen and was unconscious.

“According to the babysitter, the incident occurred when she wanted to bathe the baby. She took the baby to a clinic in Puncak Alam,” he said.

Hafiz said the baby’s body was taken to the UiTM Hospital Puncak Alam for a post-mortem, and the case was classified as sudden death pending the result of the post-mortem.