MELAKA – A 11-month-old baby girl is believed to have died after choking on milk at a babysitter’s house in the Malaysian state of Melaka.

The mother of the child said she received a call from the babysitter at 11am on Monday informing her of the incident.

The 35-year-old mother who wanted to remain anonymous said she brought her daughter to the babysitter’s house at 7.30am on that day before leaving for her workplace 32km away from the babysitter’s house.

“I asked the babysitter to rush my child to a nearby public clinic before I rushed there.

“Soon after arriving at the clinic, my child was rushed to Melaka Hospital,” said the mother on Monday night.

The mother said Melaka Hospital confirmed that the baby had died.

She added that the babysitter was engaged to care for her child a few months ago.

Melaka Tengah police chief Christopher Patit when confirming the case said the police are waiting for the post-mortem report and for now have classified it as a sudden death report. THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK