COMMENT | Dear Women, Family and Community Development Minister Rina Harun,

I refer to news articles dated March 3 with regard to the application by a 15-year-old girl in Terengganu.

She was charged with killing her baby on Feb 8 according to Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the death penalty. The teenager had filed a review application against the decision of the Kemaman Magistrate’s Court on Feb 15, which did not allow her to be released on bail.

The decision hearing, on that appeal, will be...