Cambodia registers 5th newborn rare Mekong dolphin so far this year
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has welcomed a newborn Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin, raising the total number of newborn dolphin calves to five so far this year, reported Xinhua quoting the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) said in a news release on Saturday. The latest born dolphin calf was spotted by the river guards and tourist […]
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 […]
Baby orangutan born at Semenggoh Wildlife Centre
KUCHING: The Semenggoh Wildlife Centre has announced that the orang utan stork has landed and delivered its latest edition, a baby orangutan or ape at its centre. “Another successful orangutan conservation efforts by the Sarawak state government and Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC),” its official said in a press statement here on Sunday (Jan 23). The […]
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 […]
Woman delivers baby in car at roadblock
KOTA SAMARAHAN: The stork apparently can’t wait …. so a woman delivered a baby girl in her car with the help of two policewomen on duty at the Kuching-Samarahan Expressway roadblock last Thursday night (June 10). District police chief DSP Sudirman Kram who confirmed the news, said a car was seen speeding towards the roadblock […]
Baby dumper released on bail
KUCHING: A young woman, who pleaded not guilty to dumping her newborn baby girl in a monsoon drain last January 19, was on Tuesday released on a RM3,000 bail with a local surety. Senior magistrate Aida Montong ordered the 21-year-old woman to be released on bail pending the date of the pre-trial case management which […]
Abandoned baby girl found alive
BATU PAHAT: A newborn baby girl was found alive and well in an oil palm smallholding in Sri Gading, near here yesterday evening. Batu Pahat district police chief ACP Azhan Abdul Halim said police received a call at 4.30 pm informing that a newborn baby had been discovered at the smallholding. He said based on the attached umbilical […]
