Another former nursery worker detained to assist in child abuse case

The police have detained another former worker of a child nursery in Precinct 15 here yesterday to facilitate investigations into the suspected abuse of two babies whose photographs have gone viral on social media.

Putrajaya police chief ACP Rosly Hassan said the woman was picked up at a road-shoulder about 8 last night in Section 18, Shah Alam.

He said the police also seized an OPPO mobile phone, together with battery, SIM card and memory card belonging to the suspect who was a factory worker.

Earlier yesterday, the police detained the nursery owner and a former employee after photographs of the two babies were spread on social media since Thursday.

"The three women are remanded for three days until Monday (June 6)," Rosly said when contacted by Bernama today.

The suspect child abuse case allegedly involved a 13-month-old baby boy and and a baby girl aged four months.

Earlier, Rosly said the nursery owner had allegedly sent photographs of the baby boy with bruise marks on the face via WhatsApp to the child's mother, a civil servant about 4.10pm on May 25.

Subsequently, at 8.42pm, the mother received another WhatsApp message from a nursery employee informing her that her son was abused by the nursery owner.

On Tuesday, the police received a report from the nursery owner after she had received photographs of the abused children at the nursery through WhatsApp.

"The nursery owner had suspected that the offence was committed by her two former employees, both in their early 20s, who had run away on Saturday before they uploaded a photograph of a baby girl who was gagged with a diaper on the internet, said Rosly.

The mother of the baby boy also lodged a police report stating there were bruise marks on the victim's face due to the alleged abuse.

On Wednesday, the police also received a report from the nursery's former employees, denying they had abused the children and claiming the nursery owner had abused them.