By Tham Yuen-C
THE mother of the newborn baby found buried in a rooftop garden
in Eunos Crescent has been arrested.
The 27-year-old was nabbed near Eunos MRT station at around 9pm
on Sunday. She is believed to be an Indonesian who overstayed
here.
Her newborn son was found buried in a flower bed at the
sixth-floor garden of a multi-storey carpark on Monday last week. A
plastic bag had been tied around his neck.
Retiree Tay Kim Sia, 60, found the baby after he heard what he
thought was a cat mewing while he was having a smoke in the garden.
He looked among the plants and saw a tiny foot sticking out from
the soil. His friend told him it was probably a battery-operated
toy but he decided to investigate further. What he dug out that
afternoon was a baby boy, muddied but still alive.
Police investigations are ongoing, but it is believed the boy
was delivered among the plants, in the same spot where he was
buried. Police that day recovered some bloodied clothing just
metres away from where the baby was found. There were also drops of
blood at a stairwell on the same floor.
The baby's mother is believed to have worked here as a maid. But
her work permit had already expired when she was arrested. She will
be charged today with overstaying while the police continue to
investigate her role in her son's abandonment.
Tsk... I hope she kenna jialat jialat...
Bury her head in sand...
