In a quiet corner of Karon, Phuket, a distressing discovery was made yesterday. A five month old fetus was found abandoned on a vacant lot near Soi Green Drinking Water. The alarm was raised around 10.45am, with Karon Police receiving the unsettling news from the 191 Provincial Police call centre.

 

Due to the grave nature of the situation, the Deputy Inspector for Investigations, Police Captain Surasak Sudmuang, was quick to alert Karon Police Chief Police Colonel Khundet Na Nongkhai. As part of the initial response, officers, along with forensic doctors from Vachira Phuket Hospital and investigators from the Phuket Provincial Police Forensics Office, were dispatched to the scene.

 

Upon arrival, the team was met with a grim sight. The lifeless body of a newborn, estimated to be about five months old, was found lying next to a power pole on the vacant lot. The umbilical cord and placenta were still connected, indicating a recent birth. The body was subsequently handed over to the forensic officers for a more comprehensive examination, reported The Phuket News.

 

The police were quick to locate the mother of the newborn, a 20 year old Myanmar woman, Aye Thiri Mon. She was found in a small room not far from the site of the incident, evidently in a state of physical distress.

 

by Mitch Connor

Picture courtesy of Karon Police

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-12-14

 

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Poor little one. Never had a chance. RIP.

30 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Poor little one. Never had a chance. RIP.

Seems mother was in the same predicament.

5 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Seems mother was in the same predicament.

Yes, if illegal (as many migrant workers are, due to the prohibitively expensive and complicated procedures to work legally) she would have been afraid to go to a hospital.

 

May have had a miscarriage/premature delivery alone in her room or with only an untrained attendant. Likely had no prenatal care either.

Are we still living in Dickensian times?

Why?