Teenage Pregnancy
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Statistics from the Malaysia Welfare Department for this year, from January to April 2010, reported that
111 unmarried young girls were pregnant. The figure, however, is just the tip of the iceberg as many cases go unreported and pregnancies terminated. It also reported in New Straits Times on 23rd July 2010, the body of a baby girl found in a bag at a bus stop near the Sultan Ismail Hospital, Johor Bahru in the morning. Also there a baby found buried. New Straits Times on 18th July 2010, reported that a fetus was found buried by the roadside in Jalan 12, Bandar Puteri Puchong, Selangor.
Baby dumping is not the solution to a life problem and it could be charged under Section 317 of the
Penal Code which carries a maximum jail term of seven years or fine or both according to the Malaysian law.
For the past few years there are many newborn babies have been found, dead or live in the most unlikely places like rubbish dump. For instance, The Malay Mail on 26 July 2011 [5] reported that a fetus with the umbilical cord intact was found in a garbage can at Pulau Mutiara wholesale market in Jalan Makloom,
Penang. This shows clearly that “baby dumping” is really serious problem that currently happened in our society. 2. Problem Statement
Table 1.Statistic of baby dumping cases from the Headquarters of Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM): By - State from
2005 until 7 April 2010
Cases of Baby Dumping Reported in Each State from 2005 until 7th April 2010
States Number of cases
Selangor 105
Johor 83
Sabah 65
Sarawak 34
Negeri Sembilan 24
Pulau Pinang 22
Perak 19
Pahang 17
Kedah 17
Kelantan 10
Terengganu 5
Melaka 3
Kuala Lumpur 2
Perlis 1
Total 407
Based on Table 1, the statistic from the Headquarters of Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) [6] indicated that there were 407 cases of baby dumping, for the past five years starting from 2005
IPEDR Vol.28 (2012) © (2012) IACSIT Press, Singapore
Statistics from the Malaysia Welfare Department for this year, from January to April 2010, reported that
111 unmarried young girls were pregnant. The figure, however, is just the tip of the iceberg as many cases go unreported and pregnancies terminated. It also reported in New Straits Times on 23rd July 2010, the body of a baby girl found in a bag at a bus stop near the Sultan Ismail Hospital, Johor Bahru in the morning. Also there a baby found buried. New Straits Times on 18th July 2010, reported that a fetus was found buried by the roadside in Jalan 12, Bandar Puteri Puchong, Selangor.
Baby dumping is not the solution to a life problem and it could be charged under Section 317 of the
Penal Code which carries a maximum jail term of seven years or fine or both according to the Malaysian law.
For the past few years there are many newborn babies have been found, dead or live in the most unlikely places like rubbish dump. For instance, The Malay Mail on 26 July 2011 [5] reported that a fetus with the umbilical cord intact was found in a garbage can at Pulau Mutiara wholesale market in Jalan Makloom,
Penang. This shows clearly that “baby dumping” is really serious problem that currently happened in our society. 2. Problem Statement
Table 1.Statistic of baby dumping cases from the Headquarters of Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM): By - State from
2005 until 7 April 2010
Cases of Baby Dumping Reported in Each State from 2005 until 7th April 2010
States Number of cases
Selangor 105
Johor 83
Sabah 65
Sarawak 34
Negeri Sembilan 24
Pulau Pinang 22
Perak 19
Pahang 17
Kedah 17
Kelantan 10
Terengganu 5
Melaka 3
Kuala Lumpur 2
Perlis 1
Total 407
Based on Table 1, the statistic from the Headquarters of Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) [6] indicated that there were 407 cases of baby dumping, for the past five years starting from 2005
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