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Jan 7, 2010
Newborn dumped in washer
<!-- by line --> By Mavis Toh
A 17-YEAR-OLD here managed to keep her pregnancy a secret, despite living with her mother and two siblings. The truth came out with the baby, who was born in the toilet of the family's flat in Aljunied on Dec 29. In a daze post-delivery and afraid her mother would find out, the teenager put her newborn son in the washing machine, under a pile of clothes. Her 43-year-old mother, who became suspicious upon seeing bloodstains on the toilet floor and on her daughter's blouse, followed her instincts and opened the lid of the washing machine. There, the infant lay, quiet but bloody. She immediately called the ambulance, which took her daughter and the baby to KK Women's and Children's Hospital.
Read the full story in Thurday's edition of The Straits Times.
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Jan 7, 2010
Newborn dumped in washer
<!-- by line --> By Mavis Toh
A 17-YEAR-OLD here managed to keep her pregnancy a secret, despite living with her mother and two siblings. The truth came out with the baby, who was born in the toilet of the family's flat in Aljunied on Dec 29. In a daze post-delivery and afraid her mother would find out, the teenager put her newborn son in the washing machine, under a pile of clothes. Her 43-year-old mother, who became suspicious upon seeing bloodstains on the toilet floor and on her daughter's blouse, followed her instincts and opened the lid of the washing machine. There, the infant lay, quiet but bloody. She immediately called the ambulance, which took her daughter and the baby to KK Women's and Children's Hospital.
Read the full story in Thurday's edition of The Straits Times.
