Baby Dumping

Baby Dumping: Is There A Solution? 

Adolescents often associated with social problems and this has become an increasingly serious. Almost we can see the media reporting issues involving the youngsters of adolescents such as drug abuse, LGBT, illegal racing, snatch theft crime, gangsters, road bullies and run away from home until reach the alarming levels. 

In recent years, the country was shocked by the most uneasy shocking news of all parties which is baby dumping issues. Baby dumping issues usually involves infants ages less than 12 months left in the open or closed with the intention to get rid of baby regardless the security threats of the baby’s life (Nazani, Zaherawati, Zaliha & Kamaruadin, 2012). The worst situation of this issue also can be seen when a girl gives birth in a school bathroom at night then throws the baby into the garbage or in the toilet bowl, a baby swaddled in newspapers left squalling by a fly-infested dustbin, a baby left on the doorsteps of people’s home with notes or in a mosque. 

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This is so embarrassing, sad and worst scenario that happened in our society nowadays. The youngsters are worries much in this case when statistic shows that from January to April 2010, reported that 111 unmarried young girls were pregnant (Source: JKM). This should not be taken lightly as that value might had increase this year and there might as well cases that were not reported, thus this the possibility of the real amount might be more higher than the reported cases. 

Triggers for baby dumping behavior are out of wedlock pregnancy. In particular, of this happens to adolescent especially those still in school then increasingly encouraging them to baby dumping behavior due to several factors such as fear and panic. In relation, unwed pregnancy and baby dumping is on the rise in Malaysia as adolescents engaging in early sexual activity places them at a high risk. In the developing countries are involved in sex before they are 15 years of age (Dixon-Mueller, 2009). 

Baby dumping is not the solution to a life problem and it could be charged under Section 317 of the Penal Code which carries a maximum jail term of seven years of fine or both according to the Malaysia law. For the past few years there are many newborn babies have been found, dead or live in the most unlikely places like rubbish dump. This is no more a tolerate as time pass by it increases and it reflects the sense of humanity seems to be very low among Malaysian citizen who consume towards these baby dumping activity. 

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According to Utusan Malaysia, this inhuman activity had become wild as it seems to happen almost every month. Last year record very bad cases as almost every month will be open up with baby dumping issue. On January 16, 2013 a fetus was found in a glass bottle near the lay stall by a cleaner in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Then, by 21st January, newborn baby was dumped into garbage bin in Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Temerloh, Pahang. This continues till the last month of the year. Is this the development society that we want to? Where do these perpetrators put their mind? Is it in the right place or it’s upside down? This is not an individual problem because these are corrupting the society as well. 

Therefore, solution is not to crack things to a worst solution but we are able to change it to a better one. If there is a will there is always a way! Yes. This is what we are looking for, a solution and not an excuse. 

Abandonment is a crime even it is a result from unwanted pregnancy. Many teens who are pregnant out of wedlock had to dumped their babies because of desperation, shame and fear of consequences that they had to face on. However, no matter what the status of the child, this issue needs to be curbed. 

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There are various factors and reasons of increasing cases of baby dumping. This can be categorizing into three main components which is social, spiritual and globalization in developing technology (Prof Madya Dr Mohammad Shatar, 2010).  Social factors are the main point that leads to baby dumping. This includes unlimited socialization in life between men and women. Besides, constrained by the western culture sexual practice is part of the romance. These people believes the safest way by using condoms and pill can prevent pregnancy if have sex. 

The religion education is an important approach to avoid the young adolescent especially from involving in any of crime action. However, this is usually being overlooked and overshadow by taking the western lifestyle more in youth’s nowadays. This caused the youngsters to misinterpret the good and bad deeds. 

The globalization era as well as technology development somehow also lead s towards baby dumping cases in Malaysia. Many researches have proven that mobile phone had caused the teens to interact with anyone in anytime thus, this is the starting point towards immoral activities. The failure of parents supervision in internet usage by their kids also contributes towards these cases as the technology could lead a person to be more immoral without any limitations. 

In order diminishes the cases of baby dumping today, we need to adopt good values in life so that the shortcomings crack in social institution will decrease. 

The adults for instance, should be a good example to the youngsters because they are more likely to pursue with baby dumping issues. This is to control and avoid these young adolescent to commit with the immoral activities now and in future.  In addition, cooperation of the authority, government and society plays an important role towards achieving the target of zero social problems in community. This might be seen as tuff but hard works usually pays off. 

DONE BY :

Ayna Shaqiren Azizan

Nursabrina Mohd Rapi

 Wan Nur Faliqha Wan Hazani

Mas Agus Amha Md Ariff

Debat : CIA dan teori konspirasi hilangnya MH37

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Hampir 51 hari kehilangan pesawat MH370 menjadi tanda tanya pelbagai pihak bukan sahaja rakyat Malaysia bahkan rakyat negara luar juga tertunggu-tunggu dengan hasil pencarian yang masih lagi djalankan sehingga kini.

Pelbagai teori yang disabitkan dengan kehilangan pesawat Komersial Malaysia Airlines (MAS), MH370 dalam penerbangan dari KLIA ke Beijing, China. Kehilangannya dianggap misteri apabila tersasar jauh dari destinasi yang ingin ditujui merungkai pelbagai teori dari macam-macam pihak.

Salah seorangnya adalah Editor Utusan, Ku Seman Ku Hussein yang mengatakan dalam Utusan bahawa hilangnya MH370 ada kaitanya dengan CIA.

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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) sebuah nama besar yang akan diingati sejak tragedi 9 November di New York. Katanya, ini merupakan salah satu konspirasi Amerika Syarikat untuk mengeruhkan keadaan atau hubungan baik antara Malaysia dan China.

CIA seperti yang diketahui ramai, sunguh licik, bahkan mereka akan melakukan apa sahaja untuk mendapatkan apa yang mereka mahukan. Contohnya membunuh.Dikaitkan bahawa ini adalah konspirasi CIA adalah MH370 membawa penumpang China seramai 135 penumpang manakala warga negara Malaysia hanya 38 orang penumpang.

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Disini kita dapat melihat bahawa senjata utama CIA untuk campur tangan adalah jumlah penumpang warga China yang majoritinya menaiki penerbangan tersebut.

Untuk mengukuhkan lagi, ini adalah konspirasi CIA, cuba kita lihat perkembangan yang dimiliki oleh China sekarang. Mereka lebih maju dari pelbagai aspek kehidupan manakala Amerika Syarikat sedikit mundur kebelakang.

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Ini sedikit sebanyak mengkuatkan lagi bahawa ini ada konspirasi pihak CIA. Jika kita imbau kembali tragedi yang berlaku pada 9 November lalu, CIA mengatakan semuanya adalah rancangan pelampau islam Al-Qaeda, Osama Ben Laden. Tetapi tiada bukti yang dapat dipaparkan.

Terlampau banyak bukti yang mengatakan semua itu adalah rancangan CIA sendiri, apabila kita dapat melihat gambar yang dipaparkan di stesen television dan internet adalah dari pelbagai arah, seolah-olah mereka mengetahui satu tragedi besar akan berlaku.

Bukan itu sahaja, untuk mengukuhkan bahawa itu adalah berpunca dari Osama, mereka menyatakan bahawa Osama pernah berkerja untuk CIA di Afghanistan, tetapi CIA telah menipu Osama dan dengan alasan itu, Osama ingin membalas dendam.

Pelik tahap pemikiran seperti ini, terlalu kritis dan penuh dengan dendam. Mereka mengawal pemikiran seluruh dunia dengan menyatakan ini adalah berpunca dari Osama.

Berbalik kepada MH370, kita dapat melihat sendiri betapa liciknya CIA dengan pelbagai konspirasi, andaian, tuduhan yang tidak siapa yang dapat buktikan kesahihannya.

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Sebagai rakyat Malaysia, kita hanya dapat berdoa agar kesemua penumpang MH370 ditemui dan segala kebenaran akan terbongkar. Mungkin segala spekulasi, teori akan terjawab dengan penemuan kapal terbang MH370. 

Analysis Article : Mom Murdered for Smart Phone

Article from News Straight Times :

Mom Murdered for Smart Phone

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Young people are now so addicted to their mobile phones, its feel like they have lost everything when they are without them, a study find.

The researcher also inform that 15 per cent of children had more expensive handsets than their parents. This because children now days will do anything beyond the limit to get what they want. For example in the article the children even can kill their parents because they do not get a new cell phones.

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Even though there are other technology such as computers, MP3 players and televisions, they think it is not essential as cell phones.

Many young people reported mental and physical symptoms of distress and employed the rhetoric of addition, dependency and depression when reporting their experience of trying to go unplugged for a full day.

Many student basically talked about scary it was, how addicted they are. They frustrated, they do not aspect they have the psychological effect, to be lonely, panicked, anxiety and sadness.

Basically they feel like their phones with them but necessarily it not with them. They explain that, they feel like their phone is ringing and vibrating even though they do not have it.

This is one symptom that have been drag in our social life. Children be able to kill his mother just because of cell phone.

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When we ask about cell phone to public, literally they will answer it cell phone is my life, without cell phone, my life is gone.

This kind of situation my kill the traditional communication that we practice in our daily life since a long ago. For example, communication between people, communication among family while eating, communication that we speak literally to other, not just texting or calling.

In some cases, in a restaurant, four teens walked in and sat at a table. As soon as they ordered their drinks, all of them whipped out their cell phones and either texting or playing games. This situations is quite common today.

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Regarding the issues of killing parents just because of smart phone is ridiculous, but it real that can be done by this modern children.

It also conclude that, most of teen that age 18 until 25 year old whether in developed or developing countries, it depends on how they use the media and how they addicted they are to it.They used virtual the same word to describe their reactions including,confused,anxious,irritable,insecure,nervous,restless,crazy,addicted,panicked,jealous,angry,lonely,depressed and paranoid.

BALKANISASI SIBER: Ganguan kepada semangat 1Malaysia

Balkanisasi seperti yang dinyatakan oleh penulis lebih cenderung kepada sikap sesetengah kelompok yang terlalu taksub akan sesuatu yang digemarinya. Tidak kira benda yang positif mahupun negatif. Contoh-contoh yang diberikan lebih kepada ancaman negatif jika kita terlampau berbalkanisasi dalam kehidupan.

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Balkanisasi merupakan gejala media yang bersifat memisahkan khalayak dengan membentuk kumpulan atau pendirian masing-masing sehingga terbawa kepada faktor-faktor yang negatif seperti semangat perkauman yang kuat dan semangat berkumpulan yang pantang dicabar.

Malah bukan itu sahaja, balkanisasi juga turut dikaitkan seiring dengan kemajuan teknologi zaman kini, seperti internet. Hal ini dapat dibuktikan dengan perpecahan kaum yang terdahulu akibat daripada menerima bulat-bulat maklumat yang diterima oleh internet dan mereka terlampau taksub dengan maklumat berkenaan sehingga tidak tahu mana yang benar dan tidak.

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Selain daripada itu, Malaysia zaman ini juga diasak dengan kebebasan internet yang tidak ada batasnya. Contoh yang dapat dilihat adalah dengan kebebasan untuk rakyat mencari segala maklumat yang diingini hanya dengan mengunakan internet. Segalanya akan terjawab hanya dengan satu “Click”.

Hal ini sedikit sebanyak membuka ruang untuk rakyat berpecah belah selain memberi kefahaman yang tidak elok dan tidak tepat.

Internet mungkin boleh dipercayai, tetapi tidak semua yang dipaparkan adalah benar. Salah satu punca yang akan menyebabkan balkanisasi adalah pengunaan internet yang tiada sekatan.

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Selain daripada internet, terdapat juga faktor dari segi demokrasi iaitu melalui akhbar.Contoh lain yang dibincangkan adalah dalam konteks demokrasi yang dahulunya lebih berleluasa sebelum datangnya Tun Dr Mahathir.

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Mungkin pada zaman dahulu, laman sesawang tidak giat dijalankan, tetapi sekarang ia seperti salah satu halaman utama untuk orang awam berkongsi maklumat.

Dalam pada itu, melalui intenet juga, kita dapat mengetahui pelbagai kisah-kisah peribadi orang terkemuka dan orang politik tanpa ada yang dapat berselindung. Sifat dan maklumat yang terdapat pada media baru iaitu internet tidak dapat kita perolehi dari media tradisional, hal ini disebabkan, media tradisional terbatas dari segi penyampaian maklumat.

Sebagai penambahan, balkanisasi juga merupakan faktor penting yang membuat sesetengah individu itu suka membina kumpulan tersendiri yang mempunyai minat dan keinginan tersendiri. Contohnya, Ajaran Sesat.

 

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Kita seharusnya bimbang dengan berleluasanya masalah ini, ia mungkin menyebabkan rakyat sering memfitnah, memberontak, obsess terhadap sesuatu hingga sampai satu tahap tidak dapat dikawal lagi. Perpaduan dan berwawasan haruslah dipupuk dalam setiap individu dalam sebuah Negara, contohnya Malaysia.

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Justeru itu, sebagai pihak yang berwawasan, kita seharusnya membendung masalah ini dengan berhemah dan beretika. Malaysia Negara yang aman dan damai, jangan disebabkan balakanisasi sesetengah individu kita dicemuh dan dipandang rendah oleh Negara luar.

Online journalism in dangerous to Malaysian multiethnic society

Online journalism is also known as digital journalism is a contemporary form of journalism where editorial content is distributed via the internet as opposed to publishing it via print media or broadcast.  It also deliver the information with combination as text, audio, video and some interactive forms.

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Multi-ethnic society in Malaysia is the culture of Malaysia that draw the varied culture of different people of Malaysia. There are three main cultural, which is Malays, Chinese and India. The many different ethnicity that currently exist in Malaysia have their own unique and distinctive cultural identities with some crossover.

Online journalism is very dangerous to Malaysian of multi-ethnic society because most of media professionals in Malaysia work in tightly controlled media system.

Apart from that, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s initially made positive statement about press freedom.  The constitutions also guarantees freedom of expression under Article 10, but allows for hot of limitations on this right.

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The 1984 Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA) requires all publishers and printing firms to obtain an annual operations permit and gives the prime minister the authority to revoke licenses at any time without judicial review

Media in Malaysia is privately owned but the political parties and their investment companies control all major media companies. The Utusan Melayu Group publishes three Malay language dailies and has strong ties with ruling coalition. In addition, the star is owned by the Malaysian Chinese association, a party affiliated with the ruling coalition. Private interest aligned with the Malaysian Indian congress control all the Tamil newspapers.

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As a result there is little critic or dissent and most Malaysian receives news that are in line with the government’s views.

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For example, online journalism give bad impact on multi-ethnic in Malaysia is when Raja Petra Kamaruddin, founder and editor of the website Malaysia Today, was detained and accused of demeaning Islam in 2008, then released on procedural grounds. However he was later charged under the 1948 Sedition Act and with criminal defamation under the penal code and thought to have fled to London to escape the charges, which many observer consider to be politically motivated.

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This show that, what journalist write basically related to all ethnic in Malaysia, so that the news will not harm any of the ethnic. As Malaysia, we not fully play the press freedom, this is because one of the reason is multi-ethnic society in Malaysian. As a journalist, we should be aware of the danger of discrimination in delivering the information to public. Just be neutral in term of getting information or delivering it.