In the Courts (2023): Abortion lands local woman six months in jail (25.07.2023)
 Posted on : Jul 26, 2023, 12:01PM   51 total views  Category : Local News

A woman who aborted her pregnancy which she kept from her husband was jailed six months on Saturday.

 

Intermediate Court Judge Hajah Hazarena binti Pehin Orang Kaya Setia Jaya Dato Paduka Haji Hurairah heard from Deputy Public Prosecutor Raihan Nabilah binti Haji Ahmad Ghazali that the defendant, 36-year-old Nuralinda binti Abdul Majid @ Linda anak Maji was 23 weeks into her pregnancy and had kept it from her husband citing personal reasons.

 

Nuralinda attended a doctor’s appointment in March 2021 when she was told that she was due in July that year, before she decided to abort her pregnancy.

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-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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