Just yesterday (4th July), the nation was horrified after news of police finding a missing baby’s body in his babysitter’s freezer began to surface online.
Five-month-old Adam Rayqal reportedly went missing after his babysitter claimed that someone whom she thought was his father arrived to pick him up. The baby’s actual father, Mohd Sufi Naeif, who did not pick him up from the sitter, was shocked upon finding out about this and immediately lodged a police report in efforts to find his son.
Source: NST
However, during investigations, the police found inconsistencies in the babysitter’s statement and searched her home. They eventually found Adam Rayqal’s body wrapped in a napkin inside a green bag that was stuffed inside her freezer.
The parents were devastated upon discovering the fate of their son, and were in tears when they arrived at the Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) Forensics Unit where Adam was undergoing a post-mortem.
Timbalan Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat hannahyeoh tiba di Institut Perubatan Forensik Negara bertemu dengan ibu bapa bayi Adam Rayqal Mohd Sufi, yang ditemui mati di rumah pengasuhnya malam tadi. – Foto Bernama pic.twitter.com/cd1iR6QakW via SinarOnline
— Azam Q ™ (@feelgoodboy) July 4, 2018
Soon after collecting their son’s body, the grieving parents made their way to Terengganu to lay him to rest.
In light of this tragedy, a number of netizens expressed their discomfort at how the media were covering the parents’ ordeal, as photos of the mother crying with her baby in her arms and even photos of the funeral began to surface online.
Mohd Sufi Naeif Mohd Fauzi mengangkat jenazah anaknya, Adam Rayqal untuk dikebumikan di Tanah Perkuburan Islam Ladang Tok Pelam. – Foto Ghazali Kori pic.twitter.com/aDmC0ACeI7
— Berita Harian (@bharianmy) July 4, 2018
Many of them urged the media to give the parents privacy during this difficult time.
Dude wtf why am i seeing people uploading pictures of the jenazah of Adam Rayqal on this app…. Where's your sensitivity
— Haramkan Nikah Bawah Umur (@nalisaaa) July 4, 2018
ill probs get shit for this.
i get it. news is news and you wanna get the best scoop/pictures.
but this woman just lost her son to a babysitter that murdered him and stuffed him in an ice box.
could the news reporters not stuff their cameras to her face and give her some space https://t.co/zwX65AzrGi
— Helloluqman (@helloluqman) July 4, 2018
can medias giving space for this family ??? fuck .. kalau aku la , aku taknak dikerumuni media di pengebumian anak aku ??
— Ahmad Mursyid (@mursyidmnor) July 4, 2018
Hopefully Media and others can give some space dekat Family Adam Rayqal. Dekat tanah perkuburan masa dikebumi tu pun ramai angkat phone, camera ambil gambar. Common sense please
— Jughead (@azim_hakim) July 5, 2018
sudah sudah la tu media nak kacau parent kpd adam rayqal. bagi la privacy
— Ezal Bushairi (@asianpuma) July 4, 2018
This is certainly a terrible ordeal for Adam Rayqal’s parents, and we hope that they can now grieve in peace during this unbelievably trying time.
Also read: Missing Baby Found Dead and Stuffed in Freezer of Babysitter’s Batu Caves Home
