Wanita sembunyi kelahiran bayi dipenjara 3 bulan, denda RM5,000

Nur Ain Adilin Mohd Rofiza, a 23-year-old waitress, has been sentenced to three months in jail and fined RM5,000 by the Magistrate's Court in Kuala Berang after pleading guilty to concealing the birth of her baby by discarding the body in a septic tank. The court also ordered her to serve an additional five months in jail if she fails to pay the fine.

The woman was found to have deliberately concealed the birth of a baby by dumping the body in a septic tank. The offense, under Section 318 of the Penal Code, was committed around 10 pm on October 15th in the Perumahan Awam Kos Rendah, Padang Setengge. Lawyer Nor Aziah Bunawan from the National Welfare Aid Foundation (YBGK) had requested a minimum penalty of a fine, considering the defendant's youth and her panic-stricken actions due to the incident.

She stated that the guilty plea also saved time for the court and prosecution, and that the defendant had expressed remorse and pledged not to repeat the mistake. However, Deputy Prosecutor Nur Anith Nabilah Rusli sought imprisonment, citing the humanity factor because the offense involved her own child, besides the need for a strong deterrent to warn society.

Earlier, the Chief of Police for Terengganu's Upper Division, Sharudin Abdul Wahab, in a statement, disclosed that the headless and partially armless baby was found in a septic tank in the Kampung Padang Setengge area on October 16th. He said, based on autopsy results, the baby was about a month old, but the gender and whether the baby was alive or dead at the time of birth could not be confirmed.