Baby's body found in Cisadane River

TANGERANG: Residents of Karawaci subdistrict, Tangerang municipality, were shocked at the discovery of the body of a baby girl inside a plastic bag on the Cisadane riverbank on Tuesday evening.

The decomposing body was first found by Andre, 20, a local resident, while playing football on a field near the riverbank.

Tangerang police took the body to the morgue at Tangerang general hospital.

Tangerang Police subprecinct chief Adj. Comr. Sumanto alleged that the abandoned baby had been thrown into the river as soon as she was born and had floated there for at least three days.

"We will investigate this case of infanticide soon and find out who is responsible," he said. --JP