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Baby Boy’s Body Found at Papar Garbage Site
The body of the baby boy that was found at a garbage disposal area behind 1Homeware supermarket in Papar yesterday.
August 25th, 2016 | 07:55 AM | 1538 views
PAPAR
The body of a baby boy with its umbilical cord still intact was found at a garbage disposal area behind 1Homeware supermarket here yesterday.
The discovery was made by one of the supermarket workers around 10am.
According to district police chief DSP Geroge Abdul Rakman, the worker saw some garbage being burned and the figure of a baby in the area.
The worker then took a closer look and found that it was a newborn with its cord still intact and it was partly burned.
A report was immediately lodged at the police headquarters here.
George said the remains of the baby was taken to the district hospital for a post mortem and the case was now being investigated under Section 318 of the Penal Code for concealing birth.
He urged anyone with information of the case to come forward to assist police in their investigation.
Source:
courtesy of THE BORNEO POST
by The Borneo Post
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