Parents of student get custody of ‘abandoned’ baby

JITRA: The parents of a 20-year-old student who lied to police about finding a baby behind her house will have custody of the newborn girl.

The Kubang Pasu welfare department said the parents of the student – from a higher education institution in Selangor – have agreed to take care and look after the infant.

The student initially claimed she found the infant, with the umbilical cord still attached, behind her house in Taman Rasa Sayang here on Saturday evening.

She claimed she was bathing when she heard the baby crying and later “rescued” the child.

She and her mother later lodged a police report about finding an abandoned baby.

Police investigators later found that the 2.8kg baby was actually the newborn child of the student.

Police saw through the ruse when she began to make inconsistent statements about finding the baby.

The Jitra Hospital later examined her and confirmed she had just given birth.