Woman dumps newborn in monsoon drain

KUCHING: A 20-year-old woman dumped her newborn girl in a monsoon drain near her home in Bandar Semariang here hours after giving birth. District police chief Assistant Commissioner Awang Din Awang Gani said the suspect gave birth on Saturday night before seeking treatment at Sarawak General Hospital. “A medical officer from the hospital filed a report the next day at 11am after it was believed that the suspect, who had suffered heavy bleeding, showed signs of labour. The suspect was reluctant to disclose the detail. But she later led the police to the scene where she had abandoned her baby girl.” The body of the infant was found at 6pm on Sunday and taken to the Sarawak General…