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Migrant worker confesses to dumping her baby in leftovers bin

Migrant worker confesses to dumping her baby in leftovers bin

Migrant worker admits dumping her baby in bin

An Indonesian migrant worker could face charges of allegedly killing her baby she just gave birth to and dumping him in a meal leftovers bin. The Yangmei Precinct of Taoyuan Police Department announced on Wednesday it had cracked a case that involved a dead new-born baby found in a leftovers bin. A pig farmer’s son in Xinwu District, Taoyuan City, reported the case to the police after he found a dead newborn baby wrapped in plastic bags inside a leftovers bin a couple days ago. The leftovers are used to feed the pigs. Police investigation found that the bin was shipped by a company from Taipei City to the pig farm. The investigation led to 950 leftovers collection spots at residential communities along 10 routes in Taipei, where the bin possibly came from, police said. Review of surveillance video of the communities found that a female migrant worker from a community in Taipei's Zhongshan District was carrying a suspicious bag and wandering about the place at 5:49 a.m. on Aug 28. The video led to 30-year-old Indonesian migrant worker Titik Suryani. Police went to the community on Wednesday noon to question her. Community security personnel and the migrant worker’s employer told police that Suryani suddenly became thinner in the past two days, which she denied. Police took Suryani to the police station, where she confessed through translation to having discarded the baby’s body. She told police she was pregnant when she came to Taiwan to work in February, and that she gave birth to the baby at her employer’s bathroom on the evening of Aug 26. She said the baby had no breath after he was born. Not knowing what to do, she wrapped the baby in trash bags and dumped him inside a leftovers bin in the basement at daybreak. The police transferred her to the Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office for further investigation for allegedly killing her child during or after the birth.