Mon, May 31, 2010
New Straits Times



KULAIJAYA: She was alive, with her umbilical cord still attached, when placed in a milk box and left on a bus stop seat in Jalan Air Hitam-Johor Baru here early yesterday.

Not long after being found, the baby girl's life was cut short. She died some 30 minutes later at the Kulai Hospital after being rushed there by a passerby.

The baby is believed to have been placed at the bus stop near SMK Munsyi Abdullah at 4.50am by an unidentified man who sped off in a Proton Wira.

Labourer Zulkifli Samsi, who sent the baby girl to the hospital, said he observed a man acting suspiciously and saw him place the box on the seat.



The 40-year-old father of three, who was on his way for a drink, said he was curious about the box and went to see what was in it.

"I was shocked to find a baby, wrapped in cloth, with her fingers moving," said Zulkifli.

He rushed the baby to the hospital, which was a 15-minute drive away.

Despite his prompt action, the baby was pronounced dead at 5.30am.

Zulkifli, of Taman Putri, said the baby was still moving her fingers when the doctors took her but she was hardly breathing.

"I wish that I had got a better view of the man and the car. That 'animal' should be caught," he said.
As a father myself, I can't help but feel sad that a beautiful baby is dead because of human cruelty. I cannot believe someone could actually do this to a baby."

Kulaijaya police chief Zulkefly Yahya urged those with information on the case to contact the Kulaijaya district police headquarters at 60-07-6637222 or the Johor police hotline at 60-07-2212999.

RESPONSE:
I am really saddened by the fact that such human cruelty do exist in the world. And I cannot get myself to believe that people can go such lengths of action to close up their shame or save their faces but sacrifice an innocent life,at the same time.

I support harsh punishments to these kind of crime and those who do such actions deserve discrimination,and no second chance should be granted to them at all.
I love children!They are innocent and pure beings and should be nurtured,not tortured in many cruel ways,like in this article.

I really felt pitiful to the newborn baby, and angered by the man who placed the baby there. Imagine being cramped in a small compartment.Honestly,I wish that man would meet with a car crash or mishap of any sort.

I hope the Malaysian government could do something about this,and the one who did such unhumantarian act should be punished severely.


NURHIDAYAH