PAPAR, Jan. 2 -- Police have arrested a 21-year-old woman after a newborn baby boy was found abandoned in the women's toilet of a petrol station in Bongawan early Thursday morning, Info X reported.

District police chief Supt Heryan Mohd Tahir said the incident came to light at about 1.20am after the same woman lodged a report claiming she had discovered the baby, who was later taken to Hospital Papar for examination and treatment.

He said investigations, including a review of closed-circuit television footage at the station, indicated that the woman was directly linked to the baby and is believed to be the child's mother.

The baby is in stable condition and remains under hospital observation, while the woman has been detained to assist...