SINGAPORE — A 17-year-old boy was charged in court on Friday (June 23) with sexual penetration of a 15-year-old girl, and instigating her to bury her dead baby 11 months later.
The teenager, who cannot be named due to gag orders protecting the victim's identity, was handed two charges.
It is an offence under the Penal Code to conceal birth by secretly disposing of a dead body, whether the child died before, after or during its birth.
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