More 'suitable homes' needed with rising number of abandoned children


A newborn baby on a bed. Baby dumping is a serious issue in Malaysia caused by a number of factors, including lack of sufficient sex education and societal stigma.

CHILD abandonment cases are on the rise, says the Social Welfare Department (JKM).

The number of children ranging from one-day-old babies to 17-year-old teenagers who are abandoned, have no guardian or whose parents cannot be identified has gone up, the department reveals.

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