KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 1 -- Police arrested a married couple to assist in investigations into the death of their seven-month-old adopted baby girl, who was believed to have been abused, in Cheras on Wednesday.

Cheras deputy police chief Supt Ridzuan Khalid said the couple, aged between 38 and 50, was arrested by a team from the Sexual, Women and Children's Investigations Division (D11) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Kuala Lumpur Police Headquarters.

"A remand order was sought for both suspects under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code before a magistrate at the Brickfields Police Headquarters today and a seven-day remand was granted," he said in a statement today, adding that the investigation is being carried out un...