Two Weeks On, Adam Rayqal's Mother Still Can't Accept Why Someone Would Harm Her Child
"I had so little time with my baby."
By Katrina Khairul Azman — 19 Jul 2018, 05:45 PM
On 3 July, a five-month old baby boy was found dead inside his babysitter's refrigerator in her Batu Caves home
Adam Rayqal Mohd Sufi Naeif, who was placed inside a green zipper bag, and stuffed inside the freezer, died from head injuries due to blunt force trauma, Channel NewsAsia reported.
According to New Straits Times, the 33-year-old babysitter, Noor Aqilah Abd Rahman, was charged with two counts of abusing a baby boy, leading to him being injured in the head, and disposing of the body to conceal his death on 13 July.
Two weeks after her only child's death, Adam's mother revealed that she still struggles with accepting the tragedy that befell her family
Farah Madihah Othman, who is a paediatric nurse at Kuala Lumpur Hospital, told reporters that, "I look after babies in the ward, I have never harmed anyone's children."
"When someone does that to Adam, I cannot accept it," the 28-year-old added.
Now on leave, Farah Madihah has applied to be transferred back to Terengganu, Bernama reported.
"I had so little time with my baby," said Farah, who admitted that she initially had doubts about leaving her son with the babysitter
"At first, it was difficult to trust the babysitter, but after she told me that she had experience looking after a handicapped child, I felt I could send my baby to her," she explained.
"I still think of him when I am at home... I cannot imagine how he cried during the incident," the mother added.
During a visit with Wanita UMNO head Datuk Dr Noraini Ahmad on Wednesday, 18 July, Farah expressed her concern on the lack of childcare facilities at places of work
"It's difficult to find childcare facilities that accommodate to parents who work shifts, and the ones that do are expensive," she explained, according to Berita Harian.
Noraini urged the government to take drastic action by requiring that all babysitters be registered with the relevant ministry, whether they are looking after children in their own homes or in childcare centres, Bernama reported.