KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 14 -- A four-year-old girl in Sungai Petani, Kedah died in her father's car at his workplace yesterday, after he forgot about her, Berita Harianreported.

The report said that the man who works as a lorry driver only realised what he had done as he was about to leave for home at 6.30pm.

Kuala Muda district police chief, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Adzli Abu Shah, said that the victim was believed to have been left in the vehicle for almost 10 hours, with all the windows shut.

"Prior to that, the victim's father who is in his 30s, had dropped off the victim's sister at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Teluk Bayu here, at 7.30am, and then left for his workplace in Bukit Makmur, Sungai Lalang.

"The father fo...