{
  "id": 208561,
  "title": "Teen to testify as prosecution witness in baby murder trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/teen-to-testify-as-prosecution-witness-in-baby-murder-trial",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T06:07:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/08/06/teen-to-testify-as-prosecution-witness-in-baby-murder-trial"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kluang police chief Bahrin Noh announced that a 19-year-old college student is set to become a prosecution witness in the trial of the newborn baby girl's mother, who is accused of murder. The teenager was released from remand after eight days and will testify in court on the condition that he cooperates with the prosecution. The baby's mother, also 19, is currently in detention at Enche Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital after delivering another child. She is expected to face charges under Section 302 of the Penal Code. The pair were apprehended on July 29 following the discovery of the infant's body, suffering stab wounds, in a toilet bowl at a rented house in Kluang's Taman Setia Mutiara.",
  "summary": "Police say the 19-year-old college student was released from remand on condition that he testify as a witness.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}