472 babies found dumped since 2005

[Taishi Ci]

Published: Monday August 16, 2010 MYT 12:01:00 PM
Updated: Monday August 16, 2010 MYT 2:56:32 PM

CID Chief: 472 babies found dumped since 2005 (Update)

By M. KUMAR

KUALA LUMPUR: Widespread access to pornography and weakened family ties have led to an increase in baby-dumping cases in the past five years, according to Federal CID Director Comm Datuk Seri Bakri Zinin. “Our youth today have easy access to such material online and even through their mobile phones.

“Parents also need to guide and educate their children on sex education,” he said Monday at Bukit Aman. So far this year, he said, 65 dumped babies had been found bringing the total to 472 since 2005. “That is compared to 42 dumping cases during the same period last year so yes, there is an increase,” he said.

Of the total abandoned, more than half or 258 were found dead, he said on Monday. This year, 21 were arrested for baby dumping, six charged and two convicted, he said. Comm Bakri said police would consider investigating baby dumping cases under section 302 of the Penal Code for murder or Section 307 for attempted murder if it could act as a deterrent. “However, the final decision rests with the Attorney-General Chambers,” he said.

 

[Taishi Ci]

Teen couple in the dock for dumping baby


Published: Monday August 16, 2010 MYT 4:11:00 PM
Updated: Monday August 16, 2010 MYT 4:14:30 PM

Teen couple in the dock for dumping baby

By MARTIN CARVALHO

MALACCA: An 18-year-old factory worker and his 17-year-old girlfriend became the first couple in the country to be charged with dumping their baby. Mohd Zolhalmi Khamis and the girl pleaded guilty when charged in the magistrate's court here Monday.

The two, both from Felda Jelai, Gemas, Negeri Sembilan, were charged under Section 317 of the Penal Code for intentionally abandoning a child below the age of 12. The offence carries a maximum sentence of seven years' jail, a fine or both. The couple, who work in the same factory, left their newborn baby girl in a dumpster outside the Diabochi factory at the Ayer Keroh Industrial Estate, around 1am on Aug 11.

Magistrate Mohd Fairuz Johari fixed Sept 28 for submission of their behaviorial report before sentencing. The couple, who were not represented, were granted bail of RM5,000 plus one surety by the court. Handling the case was deputy public prosecutor Noorhazure Hamid.