Chon Buri: Late-night beach vandalism caught on camera

[Georgealbert]

 

 

A heartbreaking incident unfolded on the morning of October 16, as authorities discovered the body of a newborn male infant in a trash bag outside a row of rental apartments in the Phra Khanong district of Bangkok. The discovery was made by a garbage collector who immediately alerted the police.

 

At approximately 09:00 Pol. Lt. Pichai Sriamorn, investigator at Phra Khanong Police Station, received a report regarding the discovery of the infant’s body. A team of officials, including forensic experts, medical examiners from Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine, and volunteers from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation, rushed to the scene.

 

 

The site of the discovery was outside a five-story building in Sukhumvit 95. Inside a fabric bag left near a blue trash bin, authorities found the body of a baby boy, estimated to have been born at around the seventh month of pregnancy. The infant had been wrapped in a black T-shirt, and other pieces of clothing were found covering the body. Officials believe the baby had been dead for about a day. A green garbage truck belonging to the Phra Khanong district office was nearby.

 

Marnop Ritthidej, a volunteer from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation, reported that a garbage collector had discovered the bag earlier in the morning. Upon emptying the trash, they were shocked to find the infant’s body and immediately contacted authorities.

 

Further investigation led police to identify the infant’s mother, a 21-year-old Myanmar national, Ms. Nan (surname withheld), who was living in the building. She was found weak and exhausted in her fifth-floor apartment. Ms. Nan admitted to being the child’s mother and explained that she had gone into labor prematurely the previous day at around 15:00 She stated that the baby was stillborn, and in a state of panic, she placed the body in the bag and discarded it in the trash.

 

Ms. Nan, along with her husband, are legal migrant worker employed in the construction industry. Both had proper work permits, which were presented to the authorities. They lived in the apartment and commuted to work daily.

 

Ms. Nan has been taken into custody at Phra Khanong Police Station for further investigation. Meanwhile, the infant’s body has been sent to Chulalongkorn Hospital for an autopsy.

 

Picture from responders.

-- 2024-10-17

 

 

[Gottfrid]

1 hour ago, Georgealbert said:

Ms. Nan admitted to being the child’s mother and explained that she had gone into labor prematurely the previous day at around 15:00 She stated that the baby was stillborn, and in a state of panic, she placed the body in the bag and discarded it in the trash.

The result of poor to no education at all. If you deliver a stillborn child, you call the hospital or police and everything is ok. Sadly people in this part of the world seem to have a habit of poor excuses and making it hard on themselves.