Take bold steps to curb baby dumping

AN average of 100 babies are dumped nationwide in Malaysia every year and more than half of them are found dead, according to Police statistics.

In January 2016, media reports quoted the Women, Family and Community Development Minister saying that out of the 104 babies dumped in 2015, 61 were found dead. In 2014, 75 were found dead (out of 103 cases) and in 2013, only 32 out of 90 babies abandoned were found alive.