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From story to screen: Uncovering 'baby snatching' in Lahad Datu

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When S Vinothaa arrived in Lahad Datu, Sabah, she initially aimed to write about access to medical services among the stateless, but she stumbled upon a much bigger story.

The Malaysiakini journalist discovered that babies born to stateless mothers admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in the Lahad Datu hospital were given away without consent.

The shocking revelation led her to...

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