Main Crimes/Offences in Malaysia

One of the big issues in Malaysia is baby abandonment. Many babies are found dumped in the garbage, in a mosque, in the river and even just by the roadside. This happens a lot because whenever a person conceives a baby without being married, she is scared and ashamed so when the baby is born, she ends up throwing away the baby.

This is an article from the Malaysia Crime Watch website.

31 May 2010
Kulaijaya

A newborn baby girl was found alive and had her umbilical cord still attached when she was left in a milk box at a bus stop along Jalan Air Hitam-Johor Baru near SMK Munsyi Abdullah yesterday morning. The baby died 30 minutes later at the Kulai Hospital after a passerby rushed her there.

40-year-old labourer Zulkifli Samsi, father of three, was nearby at 4:50am when he saw a man behaving suspiciously, left a box on the bus stop seat and took off in a Proton Wira vehicle.

When Zulkifli examined the contents of the box, he was surprised to find the baby with her fingers moving. Although he managed to rush the baby to the hospital, the doctors who received her said she was hardly breathing and pronounced her dead at 5:30am.

Kulaijaya police chief Zulkefly Yahya urged those with information on the baby or the man to contact the Kulaijaya district police headquarters at 07-6637222 or the Johor police hotline at 07-2212999.

This is just one of the many cases of people abandoning their babies. Teen pregnancy is one of the major contributing factors.

“Last year 392 births were recorded and of the total, 62 of those who delivered such babies were below 18 years. This year (July), 301 cases have been reported, of which 34 involved those under 18,” - the malaysian insider

This statistic gives more of an understanding to why this happens. Many of the reported cases are usually because of teen pregnancy. I think the reason why this happens is because of the lack of education in Malaysia. If more teenagers receive the proper education, then they will be better informed more aware of how to take care of themselves and also know what to do if they happen to become pregnant.

Even though it is a crime in Malaysia, many people still abandon their babies and it is very difficult to find out where the baby came from. Therefore the number of cases of baby abandonment in Malaysia is increasing.