The Court of Appeal has upheld a six-year prison sentence and RM50,000 fine for a woman convicted of trafficking a baby and using forged birth documents.

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal today upheld a six-year prison sentence and RM50,000 fine for a former administrative assistant convicted of trafficking a baby and using forged documents.

A three-judge panel unanimously dismissed Nurul Faizan Ahmad Asri’s final appeal against her conviction and sentences.

Justice Datuk Azman Abdullah stated the findings of fact by the lower courts were correct and accurate.

The Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur had found the 41-year-old guilty of trafficking a 13-month-old boy for exploitation in exchange for money.

The offence occurred at Taman Desa Hospital in Kuala Lumpur in November 2020.

She was also convicted of using a false National Registration Department birth form for the baby at a JPN office.

For the trafficking charge, she received five years and an RM80,000 fine, later reduced to RM40,000 by the High Court.

For the document offence, she was sentenced to one year and an RM10,000 fine.

The sentences were ordered to run concurrently, resulting in a total of six years imprisonment.

The High Court had previously upheld her conviction and prison terms while adjusting the fines.

The trafficking charge falls under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2017.

The document charge was framed under Section 471 of the Penal Code.

Lawyers Ahmad Hafiz A Bakar and Marisha Dianah Md Darus represented the appellant.

Deputy public prosecutors Mohamed Aznin Mohamed Ariff and Iznina Hanim Hashim appeared for the prosecution.

 The Sun Malaysia