Second dead baby found this year

JAKARTA (JP): A newborn girl, estimated to be a day old, was found dead yesterday in the back of an office bathroom in North Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port.

The baby was found by an employee at PT Indocement's warehouse No. 114 in the harbor compound.

The baby, still complete with its placenta, was inside a black plastic bag under a pile of used cardboard.

Second Lt. Heriyanto of the Tanjung Priok Port Police said that his office was alerted at about 5.30 a.m. by the Indocement employee.

"They were afraid that the baby was the victim of an illegal abortion. But I don't think so because this baby seems to have been born naturally since it still had its placenta," he said.

Police sent the baby to Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital in Central Jakarta for a post mortem examination.

The baby was the second baby found dumped this year.

The first one was found by a scavenger Jan. 3 in a garbage site on Jl. Gunawarman, Kebayoran Baru, in South Jakarta. (04)