Baby dumping A child is a priceless gift from God.

However, baby dumping is a social crisis and has a chronic increase as many cases are occurring in Malaysian society. The baby dumping refers to throwing away or leaving alone, for an extended period of time, a child younger than 12 months of age in a public or private setting with the intent to dispose of the child. Based on Bukit Aman Police Headquarters statistics found a total of 580 babies were found dumped between year 2000 to 2006. This number of cases increase every year where as much as 65 baby dumping cases has increased to 83 cases in the year 2006. In the first 5 months, almost every day there are reports on dumped baby cases. Even we are read it on the front page of the newspaper or see it on the nightly news a newborn baby found in a back path. This scenario had been more serious from day to day although there are a lot about this in the mass media. One of the factors is that leads to child dumping are teenage pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy is defined as a teenage or underage girl becoming pregnant. This teenage girl will throw away the babies once they delivered the baby cause they were hiding their mistakes from the society. They feel shy and afraid that they will be talk of the town. Mostly, the teenagers are always seen to be involved in this situation. Teenage parents give birth in a motel room and leave the child for dead in a dumpster. A girl gives birth in a school bathroom at night is the news which we are heard in every state. They are throws the baby into the garbage or in the toilet. These stories relate to one of the most frightening realities of our culture today some children are viewed as problems to be thrown away rather than gifts to be treasured.

Another factor is the family break-up. Family break-ups happen after a long period of misunderstandings, fighting and unhappiness. Sometimes they happen suddenly and it is hard to understand why there needs to be change at all. Children are mostly affected by this kind of situation. If both their mother and father decided to a divorce and one cannot raise their child alone, tendency is that they will dump their child. This child will become homeless and found alone . Poverty is also another factor that causes child dumping. Persons in cultures with poor social welfare systems who are not financially capable of taking care of a child are more likely to dump their child. Political conditions, such as difficulty in adoption proceedings, may also contribute to child dumping, as can the lack of institutions, such as orphanages, to take in children whom their parents cannot support. Societies with strong social structures and liberal adoption laws tend to have lower rates of child dumping. As a conclusion, the baby dumping is becoming a common problem in Malaysia and this problem will never end without a solution. We dont want more babies dying. Immoral act should be severed from the early stage. So, the society and government must stand together to prevent this problem. The religious and educational authorities must play their part in organizing community programs and collaborating with parents to nurture the right values in the young. It is right if the government has taken the drastic step of categorizing baby dumping as a criminal act as a murder if it meets with all the legal specifications of one. The government should gives heavier punishment to those who commit this appalling crime.