Mother apprehended after allegedly abandoning baby

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday that the mother who allegedly abandoned her newborn infant on Saturday afternoon had been arrested.

The police reported that the mother is a local resident of age 29 years. She told the police that she is unemployed. She was arrested when she entered Macau through the Border Gate on Sunday.

The PJ added that the baby had been transported to the public hospital for an immediate medical check-up and has so far been in a stable condition. The baby boy weighs 2.5 kilograms and appears to be 24 hours old.

It was revealed on Sunday afternoon that the PJ had been notified about the discovery of a baby, which had allegedly been abandoned next to a trash bin near the Border Gate.

Reports arrived at the PJ at 8:31 p.m. on Saturday from the Fire Services Bureau and the Public Security Police Force.

The police also disclosed that at about 8 p.m. on Saturday, a cleaner found the baby boy,  wrapped in a towel, in a box next to a trash bin near the shopping area at the Border Gate District.

The police requested footage from surveillance cameras nearby, and found video evidence of the mother dropping the baby by the dumpster. She stood briefly next to the bin before heading to the mainland right afterwards.

Her confession to the police revealed that she had given birth to the infant on Saturday noontime in her own room. After a rest, she disposed of the bloody materials and brought the baby to the Border Gate on foot.

The reason that she abandoned the infant was that he is not the child of her current boyfriend. She feared that the boyfriend might leave her after learning the truth. Moreover, she is not in a financial position to be able to raise the baby.

The police are now in search of the birth father of the baby.