AN Indonesian babysitter who formerly worked at a nursery pleaded not guilty at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court today to a charge of neglecting a two-month-old baby girl, resulting in her death, last month.

Mulyati Kalim, 51, was accused of neglecting Qaseh Aulia Faizul by leaving the infant unattended, ultimately leading to her death, at Taska Juara, Jalan Cecawi, Kota Damansara, at 9.40am on October 10.

She was charged under section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001, which is punishable by a fine of up to RM50,000, imprisonment of up to 20 years, or both, upon conviction.

Deputy public prosecutor P. Vithiya Monisha did not offer bail as it was deemed a serious case.

“However, if the court wishes to grant bail, we submit the sum of RM20,000 with one surety, and additional conditions of surrendering her passport and reporting once a month to a police station until the trial is over, as (Mulyati) is a foreigner,” Vithiya said.

Mulyati’s lawyer Badrul Munir Bukhari pleaded for lower bail as his client is married to a local man and has four children, adding that she was unemployed following the closure of the nursery by the Social Welfare Department.

Judge Syahliza Warnoh allowed bail at RM15,000 with two local sureties and the prosecution’s additional conditions, and set December 21 for the next mention.

On October 14, Bernama reported a foreign woman was arrested by police over the death of a two-month-old girl in Kota Damansara.

Petaling Jaya police chief Mohamad Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid said the woman was nabbed after police received a report from the medical officer who treated the baby.

Qaseh Aulia’s mother, Maisarah Rosli, 33, told reporters after the proceedings that she hopes for justice for her daughter. – Bernama, November 22, 2023.