Two babies rescued, hospital owner held
The owner, who is a Datuk and holds a doctorate in philosophy, was arrested on Monday night after his wife, daughter and four others were arrested earlier at the hospital.
City Criminal Investigation Department chief Datuk Ku Chin Wah said the seven people had been remanded since yesterday until Thursday to facilitate investigations.
Apart from the Datuk, who is in his 50s, and his two family members, a doctor and three nurses were also detained when police conducted the raid at 4.15pm.
Ku said police also rescued a 4-month-old baby boy and a-week-old baby girl from the hospital located in Jalan Ipoh here.
He said both babies were believed to be locals and meant for sale. Police were trying to trace their parents.
Also seized from the hospital was an undisclosed amount of money, believed to be from the sale of babies.
Ku added that police were investigating the number of babies the hospital had sold since it started operating 10 years ago.
They were also investigating whether employees of the National Registration Department (NRD) were involved.
Initial investigations revealed that most of the babies’ parents were unmarried locals who wanted to conceal the birth of their babies.
The mothers would receive payments for their babies and the delivery expenses were borne by the hospital.
Apart from local women, it is believed that there had also been foreign women who had had their babies sold by the hospital.
It was reported that staff from the hospital would accompany the mothers to the NRD to have their babies registered.
The babies were sold at between RM15,000 and RM30,000.
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