PUTRAJAYA: Women, Family and Community Development Minister, Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim yesterday refuted the claim of rampant baby selling in Malaysia, by television station Al Jazeera.
She said Al Jazeera’s documentary titled ‘Malaysia: Babies for Sale — 101 East’, describing Malaysia as a baby-selling hub was a serious allegation and did not portray the real situation in this country.
“The documentary contains flaws and has made allegations as though it is so easy to sell babies in Malaysia. This is not true. It (baby selling) in this country is not rampant. It did happen about three years ago, investigations were carried out and arrests made. At the same time, the babies were also saved,” she said.
Rohani had earlier chaired a meeting involving her ministry, various departments and relevant agencies over the claim of a baby-selling racket in Malaysia where infants were allegedly sold to the highest bidder. — Bernama