Baby sitter RM12k poorer for slapping 6-month-old
Published on: Friday, September 13, 2019
By: Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here Thu fined an Indonesian baby sitter RM12,000, in default six months’ jail, for slapping a six-month-old baby who was placed in her care.
Judge Rohatul Akmar Abdullah meted out the fine on Anisah Ahmad, 42, after the woman pleaded guilty to the charge.
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She was charged under Section 31 (1)(a) of the Child Act with abusing the baby girl by slapping her on the cheeks at a house in Setapak Jaya Baru here between 8 am and 3 pm last Aug 27.
In mitigation, the woman, said she has six children to take care of, with four of them in Indonesia.
“I had slapped the girl unintentionally because I was stressed then. My husband has stage four cancer of the mouth. The girl was crying and I was in a hurry to give milk to my husband, who has to be fed through a tube.
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Deputy public prosecutor Afiq Nazrin Zaharinan prosecuted, while Anisah was unrepresented. – Bernama
