CCTV footage of baby found dumped in container at Doha airport

CCTV footage has been released claiming to show the moment paramedics rescued a baby that was found dumped in a container at Doha airport.

Doha News released the video on Wednesday after the Qatari government revealed that the baby at the center of a search scandal without clothes was found in a plastic bag and “buried under trash.”

The images show three paramedics checking on the newborn, who is cradled in one of their arms, before being greeted by a member of the airport staff.

Eighteen women, including a New Zealander and 13 Australians, on a plane from Doha to Sydney were among the passengers on 10 planes undergoing an invasive physical examination after the baby was found.

The Qatari government, in a statement this week, said it “regrets any distress or violation of the personal freedoms of any traveler caused by this action.”

The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Mfat) has confirmed that a New Zealand citizen “was involved in the terrible incident that involved female passengers on several Qatar Airways flights.”

“This action was completely unacceptable,” a Mfat spokesman said, adding that the ministry is “extremely concerned.”

“We are making our views known to the Qatari authorities and are seeking a full report on what happened,” the spokesman added.

Numerous passengers underwent “invasive” physical exams on October 2, after a premature baby was found alive in one of the airport toilets.

A search for the baby’s mother saw several female passengers forced to undergo invasive gynecological exams without any explanation.

The results of an investigation into the matter are expected to be handed over to the Australian government once they are complete.

The intelligence and security committee of the Australian Parliament announced that it had declined an invitation to attend a formal dinner at the residence of the Qatari ambassador on 9 November.

“Due to the mistreatment of Australian women at Doha airport, we declined this invitation,” the committee said in a statement.

Scott Morrison condemned the incident as “egregious” and said Australians could be sure that “those messages were clearly conveyed” to the Qatari government.

“I could only shudder at the idea that someone, Australian or not, would be subjected to that,” the prime minister said Wednesday.

But the opposition’s foreign affairs spokeswoman, Sen. Penny Wong, has criticized the Morrison administration’s handling of the no-clothes scandal.

“The minister has not spoken to the foreign minister in Qatar yet, and the minister had not spoken to the ambassador until after the story broke,” Senator Wong told ABC RN on Thursday.

“They are not actions of a government that is registering at the highest possible level the strongest possible protest at the extraordinarily appalling treatment of our citizens.

“People deserve more than waiting for a report.

“They deserve transparency, but they also deserve a government that is going to play for them.”

Australian Foreign Affairs Secretary Frances Adamson defended her government’s response to the incident during a Senate estimates hearing on Wednesday.

He said that Foreign Minister Marise Payne had engaged several times with the airline, the airport and the Foreign Ministry.

“It was an intense commitment from the first moment we heard about this,” Adamson said.