Woman arrested for abandoning newborn baby in rubbish bin in North Jakarta

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Police at the North Jakarta Metropolitan Police Station arrested a 20-year-old woman with initials DR, allegedly the biological mother of a newborn baby abandoned in a rubbish bin at a market in Pademangan West Village, Pademangan District, North Jakarta, on Monday morning.

“We have arrested the baby’s mother, identified as DR, who abandoned her own child, just several hours after the incident occurred,” said the Head of the Women and Children Protection and Human Trafficking Investigation Unit (PPA/PPO) at the North Jakarta Metropolitan Police Station, Police Commissioner Ni Luh Sri Arsini, in Jakarta on Monday.

She stated that the suspect was being held at the Pademangan Police Station’s Investigation Unit on Monday afternoon, whilst the baby abandonment was discovered by residents on Monday morning.

According to her, the suspect DR has been transferred to the Women and Children Protection and Human Trafficking Investigation Unit at the North Jakarta Metropolitan Police Station.

“The suspect, DR (20), works as an employee during the day,” she said.

“Tonight, we will take the suspect to the hospital first to assess her health condition, as she has just given birth and is still weak,” she added.

She explained that the suspect lives in Pademangan and has not yet been able to provide a full statement regarding her actions of abandoning her biological child.

“There is still not much information. However, it is believed that the baby is the result of an undisclosed relationship with a male acquaintance of the suspect,” she said.

Earlier, a female newborn was discovered by residents on a pile of rubbish at a market in RT 13/12, Pademangan West Village, Pademangan District, North Jakarta, on Monday morning. Residents immediately took the baby to hospital for medical care.