The body of a newborn baby girl was found today in a plastic bag on the concrete platform of the Jalan Jelatek LRT station near Sungai Klang.

The body, with the umbilical cord intact, was found by passers-by at 1pm.

Sentul police chief ACP Zakaria Pagan said the baby could have been delivered in the past 24 hours.

"The police do not discount the possibility that the body was discarded elsewhere and drifted there," he told Bernama. The body was sent to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital.

"We will wait for the post-mortem report before taking further action," he said.

Zakaria appealed to anyone with information on the case to contact any police station.

- Bernama