MOTHER ACCUSED OF RUNNING AMOK IN MALAYSIA CAPITAL, ESCAPE

JOHOR BARU, Malaysia - Authorities are on the hunt for Muhdalena Ahmad, who has abandoned her newborn, to escape from police custody since being sentenced to a mental institution for running amok at the Prime Minister’s Department two years ago.
It is learnt that she escaped from the Sultanah Aminah Hospital two days after giving birth to a baby boy.
Muhdalena, who was pregnant with her third child, was sent to the hospital on Sunday from Hospital Permai, where she has been seeking treatment for her mental condition since June 19 this year.
Sources said she left behind her newborn, who was being taken care of at another hospital block.

• It is learnt that Muhdalena took the opportunity to escape from police personnel guarding her at around 8.50am yesterday by giving the excuse that she had to go to toilet.
• During the incident, she was neither handcuffed nor accompanied by the personnel to the toilet.
• Sources said she was last seen wearing a pink hospital garb and that the police had launched a manhunt to track her down at bus stops and taxi stands near the hospital.

Source: The Star...More...