Indonesian woman jailed in KL

Tue, 19 Feb 2002 | Source: AP

MALAYSIA: A court sentenced an Indonesian woman to 15 months' imprisonment on Monday for abandoning her newborn son in a drain, the national news agency Bernama reported.

Fitriyanti Mawardi, a 21-year-old production operator, pleaded guilty to abandoning the infant in front of her home in a Kuala Lumpur suburb Aug. 12. The crying boy was found by a neighbor and rescued.

Magistrate Norhayati Mat ordered Fitriyanti's sentence to be calculated from the date of her arrest last August. She faced a maximum penalty of seven years in jail and a fine. --AP

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