Woman held for abandoning newborn in Lahad Datu
LAHAD DATU (July 21): Police have detained a woman suspected of abandoning her newborn baby boy in Kampung Burung, Jalan Bakawali, here last Friday.
Lahad Datu District Police Chief ACP Dzulbaharin Ismail said the 30-year-old woman was detained at the Lahad Datu District Police Headquarters yesterday after giving her statement.
'Initial investigations found that the woman gave birth at home and placed her baby outside the house in a panic after delivering,' he said when contacted here today.
Dzulbaharin stated the case is being investigated under Section 317 of the Penal Code for abandoning a child, which carries a penalty of up to seven years' imprisonment, or a fine, or both, if convicted.
Last Friday, media reported that a baby boy was found by a member of the public wrapped in cloth in front of a house in the village at 3:06 a.m.
The baby was sent to Lahad Datu Hospital for further treatment but died at 7:02 p.m. due to premature birth.
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