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Jul 2, 2009, 9:54 GMT

Malaysian cops detain Indonesian suspected of faking child's kidnap

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police have detained an Indonesian mother, along with six others, for allegedly faking the kidnapping of her own baby, a news report said Thursday. The 39-year-old suspect had lodged a police report on Sunday, claiming that her two-month-old baby girl was kidnapped by her friend, a fellow Indonesian, on June 24. She claimed to have received an SMS several days later demanding a 15,000-ringgit (4,054 dollars) ransom before the baby would be returned, said the Star online news portal. On Tuesday, police discovered the baby in a house in the northern state of Penang and subsequent investigations led to the arrest of the child's mother and six others, said the state's head of criminal investigations Wan Abdullah Tuanku Said. The baby's birth certificate was also found in the house, prompting police to investigate if the Indonesian woman had sold her child to the house owners. Officers say the deal could have turned sour, prompting the child's mother to lodge a police report. All the suspects, aged between 28 and 45, will be remanded till Tuesday.

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