A 37-year-old man faces the death penalty after being charged with killing his infant daughter in Kampung Bukit Kuda, Labuan.

LABUAN: A 37-year-old man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with the murder of his two-month-old daughter at a house in Kampung Bukit Kuda early this month.

No plea was recorded from the accused, Azmi Amat, after the charge was read before Magistrate Dr Melissa Chia Pui Fung.

According to the facts of the case, the incident came to light after police were alerted by Labuan Hospital at about 2.40 am on May 9 regarding a two-month-old baby girl brought to the hospital, suspected to be a victim of abuse. The infant later died while receiving treatment.

A post-mortem examination revealed that the baby had serious head injuries caused by blunt force trauma, as well as several rib fractures.

The man was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the death penalty or imprisonment of between 30 and 40 years and, if not sentenced to death, not fewer than 12 strokes of the cane, upon conviction.

The court fixed June 23 for remention.

 The Sun Malaysia