Ex-college student jailed three months, fined RM10k for infanticide
Judge Rofiah Mohamad also fined M. Santhiea, now 23, RM10,000, in default of five months' imprisonment.
The three-month sentence covers the periods from July 10 to Sept 14, 2020, and from Dec 30, 2020, to Jan 15, 2021.
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