Cop finds baby in drawer

The Straits Times, Feb 16, 2009

 

		Malaysian police said the maid had hid the baby because she was afraid it would come to her employer's knowledge. -- PHOTO: NEW STRAITS TIMES

KANGAR - A MALAYSIAN police officer had a shock when she discovered a baby hidden in a cupboard in her maid's room on Sunday.

The woman, a senior officer from the Perlis police headquarters, heard the baby's cries from her maid's room about 9.30am, reported the New Straits Times on Monday.

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.