JOHOR BARU: A five-year-old girl died after she fell from the 12th floor of a condominium, here yesterday.
Johor Baru Selatan district police chief Assistant Commissioner Raub Selamat said police received a report regarding the incident at 6.30pm.
He said the child was asleep and believed to have been left alone at home by her mother.
The mother had gone out to pick up her eldest daughter, 11, after school had ended for the day. She took along her youngest child, a four-month-old girl.
Upon returning home, the 32-year-old housewife couldn't find her child inside the house. Later, she found the unconscious victim on the sixth floor of the condominium.
The victim is believed to have opened an unlocked corridor door and climbed over a wall before falling.
Medical officers from Sultanah Aminah Hospital (HSA) confirmed that the child had died due to severe injuries to the body and head.
The case is being investigated under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001 for negligence and abandonment of a child.
Raub said following the incident, the woman has been detained to assist in the investigation before being released on police bail.