Pictures courtesy of Naewna

 

A newborn baby boy was found abandoned inside a fertiliser sack outside a factory in Songkhla and later died while being rushed to hospital. The incident occurred early on 4 October in front of an animal feed processing plant on Kao Seng–Chana Road, Khao Rup Chang subdistrict, Muang district. Police have launched an urgent investigation to find the person responsible.

 

Rescue workers from Sawang Songkhla Ruamjai Foundation were called at around 07:55 after reports of a newborn found in a rubbish skip, near the factory parking area. Locals had discovered the baby in a white fertiliser sack, with the umbilical cord still attached, showing weak breathing. The infant was wrapped in a black T-shirt and a sarong, placed inside an additional plastic bag. Rescue teams attempted first aid before rushing the newborn to Songkhla Koh Yo Hospital, but the baby died before arrival.

 

Witnesses reported that a waste picker first discovered the sack while searching through rubbish. Noticing a strong smell of blood, he opened it to find the infant inside and laid him on the ground before alerting factory security and police.

 

Pol Col Jamlong Suwalak, superintendent of Muang Songkhla Police Station, said investigators were collecting evidence, reviewing CCTV footage, and attempting to identify whether the person responsible was Thai or a foreign migrant worker. The suspect remains unknown.

 

Authorities have urged anyone with information to assist the investigation. The police emphasised the seriousness of the case, noting the act is being treated as a potential homicide. The search for the person who abandoned the newborn is ongoing.

 

 

Key Takeaways

 

• A newborn boy was found abandoned in a fertiliser sack outside a Songkhla factory and later died in hospital.

• Police are investigating CCTV footage to identify the suspect, whose identity and nationality remain unknown.

• The case is being treated as a possible homicide with an urgent search underway.

 

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  Adapted by Asean Now from Naewna  2025-10-05

 

 

 

 

So sad that infants are disposed of so easily in Thailand. No motherly love or attachment as the fetus grows inside them. This says a lot about the mentality of children raised in Thailand giving them such low morals for life. 

2 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Police have launched an urgent investigation to find the person responsible

Thailand should offer money for mothers by now as the country has a serious demographic problem, they need every child they can get

6 minutes ago, thesetat said:

So sad that infants are disposed of so easily in Thailand. No motherly love or attachment as the fetus grows inside them. This says a lot about the mentality of children raised in Thailand giving them such low morals for life. 

You mean ALL of the Thai people?

These despicable acts happen ONLY in Thailand?

 

This type of attitude says a lot about the mentality of a few posters around, IMHO

2 minutes ago, ravip said:

You mean ALL of the Thai people?

These despicable acts happen ONLY in Thailand?

 

This type of attitude says a lot about the mentality of a few posters around, IMHO

Crikey, you are a hater 

 

Enjoy your miserable life 😂

 

3 minutes ago, angryguy said:

Thailand should offer money for mothers by now as the country has a serious demographic problem, they need every child they can get

Seems this applies to many countries according to statistics...

 

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?end=2023&start=2023&view=bar

Just now, SAFETY FIRST said:

Crikey, you are a hater 

 

Enjoy your miserable life 😂

 

Hater of ???

12 minutes ago, thesetat said:

No motherly love or attachment as the fetus grows inside them.

No fatherly love as the fetus grows inside the woman he abandoned. 

 

3 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

A newborn baby boy was found abandoned

These sad stories will continue until the government supports these young mothers. 

 

In the west the government would provide social security and welfare payments (thousands of dollars after the birth) for these young mothers, government would garnish the fathers wages, the woman may be on maternity leave, she has income but sadly in Thailand these very POOR young woman (girls) have no money to support herself and her baby. 

 

It's so easy to make nasty, hateful comments towards the mothers but most times the father has abandoned her, these girls have no one to turn to for support, sadly they make wrong decisions in life. 

 

Shame on Thailand for not providing for these young mothers. 

9 minutes ago, ravip said:

You mean ALL of the Thai people?

These despicable acts happen ONLY in Thailand?

 

This type of attitude says a lot about the mentality of a few posters around, IMHO

For a country to get out of developing status they need to protect women. Thailand still hasnt done that

22 minutes ago, ravip said:

You mean ALL of the Thai people?

These despicable acts happen ONLY in Thailand?

 

This type of attitude says a lot about the mentality of a few posters around, IMHO

 

18 minutes ago, ravip said:

19 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Crikey, you are a hater Enjoy your miserable life 😂

😂

Hater of ??

THAILAND........ , maybe it's time for you to go home, be with all the other miserable people. 

 

24 minutes ago, ravip said:

You mean ALL of the Thai people?

These despicable acts happen ONLY in Thailand?

 

This type of attitude says a lot about the mentality of a few posters around, IMHO

And why do you put words into my post? I think it is you saying ALL... ONLY... Because I did not...You can try to twist the post to suit your wants to insult the mentality of posters in here. But it really just shows your ignorance

22 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

No fatherly love as the fetus grows inside the woman he abandoned. 

 

hmm.. maybe fatherly love. But surely not by her mate that helped produce the baby. Either way.. Can blame the man but ultimately, there is no support for pregnant women in distress over having an apparently unwanted child. 

7 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

 

THAILAND........ , maybe it's time for you to go home, be with all the other miserable people. 

 

I guess you have misunderstood me miserably!

I've never ever posted a Thai bashing post yet. Thailand is not 100% but it is one of the most beautiful places on earth and its people are lovely and tolerant than most nationalities - one realize this especially when reading posts herein at AN... IMHO

42 minutes ago, thesetat said:

So sad that infants are disposed of so easily in Thailand. No motherly love or attachment as the fetus grows inside them. This says a lot about the mentality of children raised in Thailand giving them such low morals for life. 

Not like the caring mothers in the west who just have multiple abortions instead.

25 minutes ago, angryguy said:

For a country to get out of developing status they need to protect women. Thailand still hasnt done that

Where did you meet your girl?

31 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

in Thailand these very POOR young woman (girls) have no money to support herself and her baby. 

It is likely this kid did not come from a Thai woman but from a foreigner woman.

 

3 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

a foreign migrant worker.

 

4 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Not like the caring mothers in the west who just have multiple abortions instead.

Whats more offensive to you, an abortion or finding a newborn in a dumpster?

4 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Not like the caring mothers in the west who just have multiple abortions instead.

Exactly, those caring mothers have a place to go to get rid of the fetus rather than abandoning the child after birth in.a trash bin. Which happens all too often in Thailand. You would not see this in the west. 

17 minutes ago, thesetat said:

And why do you put words into my post? I think it is you saying ALL... ONLY... Because I did not...You can try to twist the post to suit your wants to insult the mentality of posters in here. But it really just shows your ignorance

Up to you about twisting...

5 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

38 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

in Thailand these very POOR young woman (girls) have no money to support herself and her baby. 

It is likely this kid did not come from a Thai woman but from a foreigner woman.

 

3 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

a foreign migrant worker

I read that, most likely a Thai but not 100%

 

3 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

attempting to identify whether the person responsible was Thai or a foreign migrant worker. The suspect remains unknown.

 

6 minutes ago, thesetat said:

Exactly, those caring mothers have a place to go to get rid of the fetus rather than abandoning the child after birth in.a trash bin. Which happens all too often in Thailand. You would not see this in the west. 

 

The University of Nottingham has a slightly different view, according to  research done by some academics.  These are complicated issues that exist on this planet, where the average layman has no real knowledge.

 

Researchers have called for a consistent and supportive approach to child abandonment in Europe to protect the welfare of the hundreds of youngsters given up by their parents every year.

 

Academics from the Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology at The University of Nottingham conducted a two-year project exploring child abandonment and its prevention across the 27 countries of the European Union.

 

The study, funded by the European Commission’s Daphne programme, looked at children who were both openly left for adoption at maternity units and those secretly abandoned, including the use of controversial ‘baby hatches’ in some European countries to allow mothers to leave their babies anonymously.

 

https://exchange.nottingham.ac.uk/research/child-abandonment-in-europe-is-a-neglected-issue-say-researchers/

 

 

So sad. You never had a chance. Rest in peace little one.

On 10/5/2025 at 7:22 AM, ravip said:

You mean ALL of the Thai people?

These despicable acts happen ONLY in Thailand?

 

This type of attitude says a lot about the mentality of a few posters around, IMHO

How many babies are aborted in the US?  The crack the head open and suck out it's brain.  This is not despicable??

On 10/5/2025 at 8:02 AM, angryguy said:

Whats more offensive to you, an abortion or finding a newborn in a dumpster?

I find both offensive, but abortions are allegedly as high as 40% of all conceptions in the west, whereas abandoned babies are around 10-20 per year in Thailand.

8 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I find both offensive, but abortions are allegedly as high as 40% of all conceptions in the west, whereas abandoned babies are around 10-20 per year in Thailand.

20% in the US  as of 2022. 700-800 babies abandoned yearly in Thailand. 150-200 newborns abandoned............Happens a lot in SE Asia..............https://theaseanpost.com/article/southeast-asias-baby-dumping-problem

16 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I find both offensive, but abortions are allegedly as high as 40% of all conceptions in the west, whereas abandoned babies are around 10-20 per year in Thailand.

The article you attached regarding the Singapore baby says... 

Local police are still searching for the parents of the abandoned baby and they could face up to seven years imprisonment 

 

This is good to read, searching for the parents, the articles I read regarding Thai abandoned babies it is reported police only searching for the mother, when they should be searching for the parents, both should be accountable. 

 

On 10/5/2025 at 4:24 AM, Georgealbert said:

Police have launched an urgent investigation to find the person responsible.

 

On 10/5/2025 at 1:20 AM, angryguy said:

they need every child they can get

 

But they won't pay any money for them. Same when they get old and they get 600 baht per month, how can they live on that?  Disgusting!