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SINGAPORE – An Indonesian woman was sentenced to five months in jail after admitting in district court on Thursday (November 5) that she had abandoned her newborn baby on a private estate near Upper Paya Lebar Road on July 27.
The baby was discovered in a recycling bin at Tai Keng Gardens.
He was taken to KK Children’s and Women’s Hospital, where he was found in stable condition with no visible injuries.
The 29-year-old offender, who cannot be identified due to a gag order, could have been jailed for up to seven years and fined. At the time of the crime, she was hired as a domestic worker.
The Straits Times in July spoke with a resident of the property whose family found the baby.
Lew, who declined to give his full name, said his son-in-law heard the baby cry shortly after a family dinner on July 27.
Lew said: “He heard a strange noise coming (from the container) and asked some of us for help to verify it.
“Nobody dared to open the bin because they thought it could be a cat or a dog, so they called me to ask for help.”
After lifting the lid, she saw the baby, who was wrapped in a towel and placed inside paper bags. The police were also alerted.
Her family removed the baby from the bin and an ambulance arrived shortly after.
In an earlier statement, police said they had identified the woman through extensive ground-based investigations and with the help of closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage provided by residents.
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