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Emily Ding

Teen murder charge shows ‘gaps’ in Malaysia’s treatment of girls

Police in Malaysia have charged a 15-year-old girl with murder after she was found with her dead baby shortly after giving birth. The girl says the pregnancy was the result of rape [File: Fazry Ismail/EPA]

In February, a 15-year-old girl was charged with killing her newborn after giving birth alone in a house in the eastern Malaysian state of Terengganu.

The baby was found to have injuries on its body, including what looked to be a stab wound. When the police arrested the girl, she told them she had been raped by a man in his twenties. A week later, she was charged with murder.

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