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Baby-For-Sale Racket: Private clinic in Sentul under probe, say police

A clinic in Sentul is under investigation for links to a syndicate involved in the sale of babies.
City police chief Deputy Commissioner Datuk Mustaffa Abdullah said yesterday the private clinic delivered the baby which was rescued on Dec 12 by Sentul police.
“We are keen to know why it was easy for the clinic to issue a birth card for the baby’s mother,” Mustaffa said.
On the involvement of National Registration Department (NRD) staff in the issuing of birth certificates for the babies, he said investigations so far have not implicated any one from the department.
Mustaffa said police have identified some suspects but no arrest has been made. He added that police were also tracking down 27 babies believed to have been sold by the syndicate since June last year.