Indonesian domestic helper arrested in Hong Kong after premature baby boy found abandoned in shopping mall toilet
- The boy, of five months’ gestation, was found by a cleaner inside a bin at Tsz Wan Shan Shopping Centre
- He was certified dead soon after arriving at hospital
A 31-year-old domestic helper was arrested in Saturday’s early hours after a severely premature baby boy was found abandoned in a shopping mall toilet.
The baby, of only five months’ gestation, was found unconscious at the Tsz Wan Shan mall at 3.46pm and was certified dead soon after being taken to Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei.
The helper, an Indonesian national, was arrested at her home near the shopping mall at 1.30am, according to police.
“The arrest came after we analysed CCTV footage from the shopping mall, shops and nearby buildings,” a police source said, adding that the woman was sent for medical checks and had been held for questioning.
She was arrested on suspicion of concealing the birth of a child – an offence that carries a two-year maximum prison term.
The baby boy was found by a 62-year-old cleaner inside a bin in the ladies’ toilet in Tsz Wan Shan Shopping Centre. He still had his umbilical cord attached.
