Baby Dumping In Malaysia Chart
Baby dumping is a controversial issues in malaysia.
Baby dumping in malaysia chart. According to malaysia s former women family and community development minister dr wan azizah wan ismail over 1 000 baby dumping cases were recorded between 2010 and may 2019 in malaysia. Additionally 79 302 cases of teenage pregnancies below 18 were recorded between 2012 and 2016. Quotetwo weeks ago an 18 year old national service trainee gave birth to a baby boy in a toilet at camp ovai in papar near kota kinabalu. An aspect of prevention of baby abandonment is through the.
To curb baby dumping in malaysia frham s mdm syirin suggested that comprehensive sexuality education be included in school syllabus. They could have stumbled upon maya karin as she appeared in pontianak harum sundal malam but what they found was. Despite the introduction of baby hatches all over malaysia baby dumping is still a big problem today. Abandoned with only two soft toys there was no note left behind to indicate who had abandoned him.
Selangor was recorded to have the highest number of baby dumping cases 215 babies the second highest was sabah with 113 followed by johor with 104 and kuala lumpur with 83 cases. She said over the last 10 years 1 075 cases of baby dumping cases were reported across malaysia adding that education is necessary to prevent such cases from increasing. To better tackle baby dumping the ministry through the institut sosial malaysia will carry out a study to examine the effectiveness of existing programs developed by the ministry. Despite harsh laws in place to deter teen pregnancies and baby dumping reports indicate an average of over 100 babies dumped annually.
Baby dumping cases reported in 2016. There are many cases of baby dumping and these are five of it. Moreover this crime keep rising every year. The cases of foetus and infant dumping have been robustly reported in the media and immediate attention should be taken due consideration to tackle the preventive issues of baby abandonment.
She added that out of all those cases 64 percent of the babies dumped were found dead. According to royal malaysia police pdrm statistics one reported case of baby dumping every three days is just the tip of the iceberg as these only highlight cases that have been discovered. In perak a baby girl with her umbilical cord still intact was found in front of an ironmonger s shop at lorong perak mid april.