‘I cannot accept that someone would harm my baby’

‘I cannot accept that someone would harm my baby’

The mother of 5-month-old Adam Rayqal, whose body was found in a freezer at his babysitter's house, says she cannot imagine how he must have cried.

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Although she has come to accept the death of her baby, Adam Rayqal Mohd Sufi Naeif, Farah Madihah Othman regrets that she was unable to have more time with him. (Bernama pic)
KUALA LUMPUR:
“I look after babies in the ward, I have never harmed anyone’s children, so when someone does that to Adam, I cannot accept,” said the mother of Adam Rayqal Mohd Sufi Naeif, the five-month-old baby who was found dead in a refrigerator, on July 3.

Farah Madihah Othman, 28, a nurse at the paediatric ward in the Kuala Lumpur Hospital said she never thought her family would suffer such a tragedy.

“I had so little time with my baby. Adam was only five months, I still think of him when I am at home… I cannot imagine how he must have cried during the incident,” she said at her home in Taman Amaniah, Batu Caves here today.

Farah Madihah said she had accepted Adam Rayqal’s death although in the beginning, she would always cry when she thought of him.

Now on leave, Farah Madihah said she had applied to be transferred back to Terengganu.

Earlier, she received a visit from Wanita Umno head Noraini Ahmad.

On July 3, Adam Rayqal was reported missing from his babysitter’s home in Kampung Nakhoda, Batu Caves, here, before his body was found by the police in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator in the same house that night.

Results of a post-mortem conducted by forensic experts in the Kuala Lumpur Hospital found the cause of Adam Rayqal’s death was due to internal bleeding in the brain, with cracks in his skull.

A babysitter Noor Aqilah Abd Rahman, 33, has been charged in the Selayang Sessions Court with two counts of abusing Adam Rayqal, leading to injuries, and disposing of the body to conceal his death.

She pleaded not guilty to both charges.

Meanwhile, Noraini urged the government to take drastic action to prevent such incidents.

For instance, she said, the government must require that all babysitters, whether they were looking after children in their own homes or in childcare centres, be registered with the relevant ministry.

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