Two questioned over baby trade

Two questioned over baby trade

PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Police in Pontianak, West
Kalimantan, are questioning two women suspected of attempting to
sell two newborn babies in Pontianak last Thursday.

West Kalimantan Police spokesman Comr. Suhadi said on Saturday
that the two women, Mar, 37, and Lia, 29, were apprehended in a
hotel room on Jl. Gajah Mada with the two babies -- one boy and
one girl.

"There is strong evidence that the babies were to be sold
outside of West Kalimantan," Suhadi was quoted by Antara as
saying on Saturday. He did not elaborate.

The women reportedly told the police that the babies were to
be sold to people on Batam in Riau, but the police suspect that
they were to be sent to Malaysia.

The women were apparently staying in the hotel waiting for
buyers.

The two babies have been taken to Harapan Anda Hospital on Jl.
Wahid Hasyim in Pontianak. --Antara