1. BEL422
TOPIC:BABY DUMPING
PREPARED FOR:
Mdm. Anna Lee
Prepared by:
Norshila bt. Jaya
Nur Izzati bt. Mior Muhammad Najib
Ira Genevieve Cynthia Unsie
Nur Aisyah bt. Mahbob

2. INTRODUCTION
The issue of baby-dumping had been increased day by
day. We can see that baby-dumping is happened
rampantly because almost every day and happened to
be the headline in the newspapers. This social ill have
opened many eyes and pricked the national
conscience.
On the other hand, public has expressed their personal
opinions in respond to the factors of baby dumping
phenomenon. Some of them have blamed the over
abundance and accessibility of pornography today. In
solving this social problem, the society must hold a great
responsibility to find the solutions and not to point fingers
blaming others. The society need to look into the mirror
first before judging the baby-dumping is absolute the
doer’s fault.

3. OBJECTIVES
•To study the reasons for the
increasing rate of baby-
dumping cases.
•To find the solutions to combat
baby-dumping issue among
youngster.
•To study the public opinion on
the issue of baby dumping
cases in Malaysia.

4. Methodology
– Klang Valley
– Forty respondents from different background
– Section A elicited information on the
demographic profile of the respondents
– Section B elicited data regarding people’s
perception about baby dumping issue
– Section C aimed to gather information on
factors that may contribute to the rise of baby
dumping cases
– Section D elicited data regarding the public
opinion about the solution of the problem

5. Subjects
•Conduction a survey on growing social problem of baby
dumping, done around Klang Valley area. 40 respondents has
participated in the survey
Instrumentation
•Questionnaire with consist of four sections to gather the data on
the level of awareness among Malaysian society.
Data Collection
•40 sets of questionnaires were distributed to the respondents who
stayed around Klang Valley area. The respondents were chosen
randomly and instructed to complete the questionnaire.
Data Analysis
•Data obtained from the questionnaire survey were collected and
analyzed. Frequency counts and percentages of the quantifiable
data were computerized and converted into charts.

6. FINDINGS

7. Financial problems
FIGURE 3.1 FACTORS INFLUENCE
BABY DUMPING Lack of religious education
6% 2% 8% Peer influence
3% 3%
23% Unwanted pregnancy
12%
Lack of parental guidance and
5% support
Pressure from society
10%
14%
Unmarried status
14%
Pressure from parents
Pressure from the baby’s father
Shame of pre-marital pregnancy
Emotional instability e.g post-
natal depression

8. FIGURE 3.2 The reasons to punish wrong
doer of baby dumping
Baby dumping is a heinous crime
and equivalent to committing a
16% murder
36%
4% Punishment is always a good
lesson for others not to commit
the same crime
It helps to create awareness on
this serious issue
22% It creates fear and subsequently
prevents baby dumping
22% The perpetrator should be liable
for her/his wrong doings

9. FIGURE 3.3 Action can be taken against the
perpetrators of baby dumping
30
28%
25
NUMBER OF RESPONDENT
23% 25%
20
18%
15
10
6%
5
0
Send them to Provide Send to prison Require them to Impose a
rehabilitation counseling and sentence serve in a monetary fine
centre session them with heavy community
penalty if found service program
guilty
ACTION

10. Figure 3.4 Public Opinion on Baby Dumping Cases in Malaysia Today
Normal 2.5% Low 5% Low
Disastrous 22.5% Normal
Alarming 20% Alarming
Serious
Disastrous
Serious 50%

11. Figure 3.5: People who dump the
Baby Should be Punished
Disagree 2.5% Not Sure 2.5%
Disagree
Agree
Not Sure
Agree 95.0%

12. FIGURE 3.6 LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF PUBLIC
TOWARD BABY DUMPING CASES TROUGH MEDIA
14
12
12
10
10
NUMBER OF RESPONDENT
19-25 years
old
8
26-30 years
old
6
31-40 years
old
4
3 3 3 41 years old
2 2 and above
2
1 11 11
0 0 00 0000
0
Always Often Sometimes Hardly Never
FREQUENCY

13. FIGURE 3.7 SEX EDUCATION COULD REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF BABY DUMPING CASES
16 15
14
NUMBER OF RESPONDENT
12
10
8 7
Agree
6 Partially agree
4 Disagree
4 3 3
2 2
2 1 1 1 1
0
0
A(19-25 B(26-30 C(31-40 D(40-
years old) years old) years old) above)
AGE GROUP

14. Figure 3.8: Public Opinion on Baby Dumping Issue
According to Education Level
Percentage of Respondents.
47.5
50
40
30 25
20 15
12.5
10
0
Illiterate Primary Secondary Tertiary
Education Education Education
Level of Education

15. Figure 3.9: Public Opinion on Baby Dumping
Issue According to Income Level
8% 12%
Hard Core Poor
Low Income
32% Average
48% Income
High Income

16. CONCLUSION
• 4.1It can be concluded that the three main
reasons for the rising of baby dumping cases
are due to lack of religion
education, unwanted pregnancy and lastly
lack of parents’ guidance and support.
• 4.2 It can be summarized that publics prefer to
send the wrongdoer to prison if found guilty in
order to curb the problem.
• 4.3 From the findings, it can be concluded
publics believed that baby dumping issue is a
serious phenomena happened in Malaysia.

17. RECOMMENDATIONS
• 5.1 It is recommended that government should come
out with several new policies and campaign that
may help to reduce the rising of baby dumping cases.
• 5.2 It is recommended that parents should give more
attention to their children in order to monitor their
social life to avoid their children doing sex before
marriage.
• 5.3 It is recommended that the government can also
restructure the syllabus in particular subjects such as
Pendidikan Islam and Pendidikan Moral in order to
create awareness and highlighted the consequences
of social problems like free sex and baby dumping.