MMA urges compassion for teen


PETALING JAYA: There is continued focus by concerned groups on the well-being of the 15-year-old girl who was charged at a Magistrate’s Court in Terengganu with the murder of her newborn child.

“What horrors and stresses must have accompanied the young girl throughout her pregnancy which caused her to commit infanticide upon her child’s birth?” asked Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) president Dr Koh Kar Chai.

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