Kangar police chief Yusharifuddin Yusop said the woman, a 29-year-old restaurant assistant, was detained at 2.55am today.
He said she lives with her four young children, while her husband is currently in a drug rehabilitation centre. She was believed to have given birth to the baby on her own in a toilet at a house in Simpang Empat at about 6.30pm on Jan 18.
“At about 4.30am the next day, she is believed to have gone to a restaurant in Kampung Rama to abandon the baby, travelling in a car belonging to a friend,” he said in a statement tonight.
The woman has been remanded for four days. Yusharifuddin previously said the baby was in good health.
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