Infant abducted from hospital
Infant abducted from hospital
JAKARTA (JP): A 28-day-old infant, Sandi Novari, was abducted
from Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, where his parents had
taken him to register for a healthy infant competition.
Sandi's father, Hasan, 30, a resident of Jl. Tanah Tinggi in
Johor Baru, Central Jakarta, said an unknown woman visited his
home last Tuesday evening and urged him and his wife, Nurdiana,
to enroll Sandi in the competition.
"The woman knocked on our door and asked if we had a baby.
Then she urged us to participate in the competition because there
were many interesting prizes we could take home if Sandi won,"
Hasan said at Central Jakarta Police Headquarters.
Hasan, a scavenger, said the woman then accompanied him, his
wife and their baby to Matahari department store near Pasar Senen
to buy instant milk and a bottle for Sandi.
"Sandi had a small fever at the time. The woman said the milk
could make him better.
"The woman didn't tell us her name, saying that she didn't
bring her identity card. But she promised to meet us at the
hospital's emergency room at 9 a.m. the next day," Hasan said.
The woman, who wore a black long-sleeve shirt, trousers, black
high-heel shoes and a brown jilbab (scarf), asked Hasan to wait
in the emergency room while she took Nurdiana and the baby to the
maternity ward.
Nurdiana said the woman then took the 3.2-kilogram Sandi and
asked her to wait for them in the lobby of the maternity ward.
"She carried my son and entered the elevator. She said she would
take him upstairs to enroll him in the competition."
After waiting for two hours, Nurdiana panicked. She located
her husband and the couple then searched for the woman and their
baby.
Hospital security guards assisted the couple in their
fruitless search, and told Hasan to report the incident to the
police.
Hasan said he was hopeful the police would be able to locate
the woman and Sandi. "There was no healthy infant competition at
the hospital. We lost our baby for some not so valuable prizes."
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