Woman whose engagement was cancelled aborts foetus
KUALA TERENGGANU: Feeling pressured because her former fiancé had refused to take responsibility after finding out she was pregnant with their child, a woman, 22, went through what reads like a movie plot to get rid of her baby.
With her pregnancy in its 20th week, the woman from Kuala Nerus here started out by buying 10 abortion pills worth RM600 via Facebook.
Last Friday at 1am, the 22-yearold woman consumed two of the pills and stuffed the remaining eight into her private parts. She also drank carbonated water.
According to police, she was believed to have done all that due to pressure as she and her fiancé had broken off their engagement in June.
Deputy Kuala Terengganu district police chief Superintendent Suffian Sulaiman said the woman was alone in her rented house when she started having stomach pains about an hour after consuming the pills.
He said the woman gave birth to a stillborn boy that weighed 304g at 11pm the same day. She cleaned the baby’s remains and wrapped them in a towel.
“The suspect went to a private clinic at 12 noon (the next day) to inform about her abortion.
“A clinic employee gave her the number of an individual for burial arrangement.
“However, the employee asked the suspect to report the death to the police first before arranging for burial. The suspect lodged a report at Gong Badak police station on the incident. She took along the remains of the baby, which she had placed in her motorcycle’s carrier basket,” Suffian said.
He said the suspect, who was in a weakened state by then, was taken to Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital in Kuala Terengganu for treatment.
The case was being investigated under Section 315 of the Penal Code for intentionally preventing a child from being born alive or to cause it to die after birth.
“For this offence, the suspect faces a jail term of up to 10 years or fine, or both, upon conviction.”