Two women jailed 12 months over adoption fraud

SEREMBAN: Two women were sentenced to 12 months’ jail by a Magistrate’s Court here after they pleaded guilty to cheating a man who was trying to adopt a child.

Magistrate Nurul Saqinah Rosli handed down the sentence on G. Gayatree, 32, a caretaker, and food delivery rider Aliyah Begum Selvam, 30, and ordered them to serve their sentence from yesterday.