Woman to be tried for murder in baby-dumping case, Federal Court rules


PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has ordered a factory worker to enter her defence on a charge of murder for allegedly causing the death of her newborn daughter, a first for a baby-dumping case at the apex court.

The woman's lawyer, E. Gnasegaran, said this was first murder charge to be heard at the nation's highest court involving a baby-dumping case.

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