The baby girl survived on just water for three days until her discovery yesterday..
The woman, a senior officer from the Perlis police headquarters, heard the baby's cries from her maid's room about 9.30am. She inspected the room and found the baby girl, without its umbilical cord, in a drawer. The maid denied the baby was hers but admitted keeping her in the drawer and feeding the newborn with plain water since last Friday. The maid claimed she found the baby next to a rubbish bin near the officer's house.
Kangar district police chief Supt Yusof Mohd Diah said the maid had hid the baby because she was afraid it would come to her employer's knowledge.
"The baby was sent to the Tuanku Fauziah Hospital for treatment. The maid was also sent to the same hospital to ascertain if the baby was hers."
The Welfare Department will take responsibility after the baby is discharged.
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February 17, 2009
MALAYSIA: Cop finds baby in drawer in maid's room
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia / The New Straits Times / February 17, 2009
By Adib Povera
KANGAR: A police officer had a shock when she discovered a baby hidden in a cupboard in her maid's room in Taman Fauziah here yesterday.
The baby girl survived on just water for three days until her discovery yesterday..
The woman, a senior officer from the Perlis police headquarters, heard the baby's cries from her maid's room about 9.30am. She inspected the room and found the baby girl, without its umbilical cord, in a drawer. The maid denied the baby was hers but admitted keeping her in the drawer and feeding the newborn with plain water since last Friday. The maid claimed she found the baby next to a rubbish bin near the officer's house.
Kangar district police chief Supt Yusof Mohd Diah said the maid had hid the baby because she was afraid it would come to her employer's knowledge.
"The baby was sent to the Tuanku Fauziah Hospital for treatment. The maid was also sent to the same hospital to ascertain if the baby was hers."
The Welfare Department will take responsibility after the baby is discharged.
Copyright © 2007 NST Online
The baby girl survived on just water for three days until her discovery yesterday..
The woman, a senior officer from the Perlis police headquarters, heard the baby's cries from her maid's room about 9.30am. She inspected the room and found the baby girl, without its umbilical cord, in a drawer. The maid denied the baby was hers but admitted keeping her in the drawer and feeding the newborn with plain water since last Friday. The maid claimed she found the baby next to a rubbish bin near the officer's house.
Kangar district police chief Supt Yusof Mohd Diah said the maid had hid the baby because she was afraid it would come to her employer's knowledge.
"The baby was sent to the Tuanku Fauziah Hospital for treatment. The maid was also sent to the same hospital to ascertain if the baby was hers."
The Welfare Department will take responsibility after the baby is discharged.
Copyright © 2007 NST Online
