BATU PAHAT: A babysitter has been charged with the murder
of a four-month-old baby who was found dead near Tasik Y here last
month.
Tan Siew Bee, 42, was accused Wednesday of killing Lim Xin
Yao between 1.30pm, May 29, 2012 and 7.10pm, May 31, 2012 at a house in
Jalan Panti, Taman Bandar here.
The charge, under Section 302 of the Penal Code, provides for a mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
Tan was charged at the Batu Pahat Hospital here at about 9.40am before Lower Court Registrar Rosmah Liana Osman.
Mention has been fixed for July 11, 2012 pending post mortem report of Xin Yao and for the accused to appoint counsel.
No plea was recorded.
-the star-
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