February 09, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 – From 2005 to January this year, a total of 517 baby abandonment cases were registered in the country, said Federal CID director Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin. He said 203 of the cases involved boys, 164 girls while the gender of the other 150 babies could not be ascertained.“For cases in which the gender cannot be identified, post-mortems could not be carried out because the bodies were too badly decomposed,” he told reporters at the Federal police headquarters.Of the total, 230 were found alive while 287 were dead.
Mohd Bakri said 37 suspects had been arrested in connection with the cases from 2005 until now, including four people in January alone. Eighteen cases were brought to court resulting in nine convictions so far, he said. According to Mohd Bakri, their studies revealed that the common locations for baby abandonment were housing areas, by the road near mosques, rivers, bushes and public toilets.
He also said the police were given the responsibility of managing the NUR Alert (National Urgent Response Alert) system which aims to detect and inform the public about missing children aged below 12. He said they were entrusted by the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry with this issue as the department was investigating such cases, which also included evidence collection and information dissemination. – Bernama
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