Baby dumping cases still worrying despite low figure
DESPITE a relatively low number of four recorded cases of baby dumping in Sarawak this year the issue continues to be a source of concern within the community, with some labelling it as an inhumane act. The act of concealing the birth and abandoning a child under the age of 12 constitutes an offence under […]
Ministry to organise mass weddings to address baby dumping
KUCHING: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry will collaborate with the Sarawak Islamic Affairs Department (JAIS) to organise mass weddings in a bid to address the rising issue of baby dumping cases. Its Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said this step was taken as a preventive measure against the increasing number of abandoned babies […]
Borneo Medical Centre takes stand against baby dumping, reinforces safe haven for infants
KUCHING: The Borneo Medical Centre (BMC) here is playing its role to curb the increased number of new-born babies being abandoned by their young mothers; it has established a baby hatch initiative. Launched in October, the baby hatch, located on the ground floor of the Emergency Department, serves as a safe, confidential, and legal option […]
Creating safe havens for mothers
“There’s no safer haven than a mother’s arms” – writer, Kelly Roper LAST week, my heart sank when I came across a series of posts on social media that were circulating at alarming speed. The subject of these posts was a heart-wrenching incident: a newborn baby girl found abandoned near a dumpster. The mere thought […]
Is baby dumping endemic in this country?
What is sex education? This is a typical response when I ask school administrators whether sex ed is being taught in their respective public secondary schools. I am referred to the school counsellor when I mention consent, body image, relationships, and STDs. – Anonymous I can’t help but feel emotional when I came across a […]
More safe places needed to curb baby dumping issue
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah has highlighted the importance of having more safe places like the baby hatch for women to go, especially when they have the urge to baby dump. The Minister of Women, Early Childhood, and Community Wellbeing Development stressed the significance of teenage mothers having a safe place that enables them to reach […]
Teenage girl and boyfriend detained for dumping baby
MIRI: A 19-year-old girl and her 29 year-old boyfriend were detained by the police here on Sunday morning for allegedly dumping a newborn baby. Miri Police chief, ACP Hakemal Hawari said the decomposing body of the foetus, estimated to be around one-week-old, was discovered buried in a shallow grave near her boyfriend’s house at Kampung […]
Teens who dumped baby gets three years in reform schools
KUCHING: Two teenage lovers aged 15 and 16 were ordered to be placed at the Henry Gurney School, Puncak Borneo and Sekolah Tunas Bakti, Miri respectively by the Magistrates’ Court here, on Thursday (Nov 11), for dumping their newborn baby last August. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar sentenced the duo after they pleaded guilty to the charges […]
Teenage couple held for dumping baby
KUCHING: Police have arrested a 16-year-old couple to assist in a probe into a baby-dumping case at Kampung Siol Kandis here early this morning. District police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the couple, believed to be lovers, was arrested less than four hours after the incident. “Both individuals involved admitted to having left the baby […]
Baby killers to know their fate on March 3
KUCHING: An Indonesian couple suspected of killing and burying their two-day-old baby alive in 2013 will know their fate on March 3. A panel of Federal Court judges led by Tun Tengku Maimum Tuan Mat, Datuk Seri Haji Mohd Zawawi Salleh and Datuk Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal, set the appeal for that date as they still […]
