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Mum who buried baby alive charged with illegal entry
By Elena Chong
On the previous Monday, a retiree was smoking at the sixth-floor garden of a multi-storey carpark when he heard what he thought was a cat mewing. He looked among the plants and found the muddied baby boy. If convicted, she can be jailed for up to six months and fined up to $6,000. -- PHOTO: SHIN MIN
AN INDONESIAN woman believed to have buried her newborn baby in a rooftop garden was charged in court on Tuesday with illegal entry.
Indriani, 27, who goes by one name, is said to have entered Singapore - without a valid pass - in or before February 2010.
Sporting long hair, the former domestic worker was arrested by police near Eunos MRT station on Sunday.
She was remanded at Bedok police division until May 4 for investigation as she is believed to be involved in other criminal cases, the court heard.
On the previous Monday, a retiree was smoking at the sixth-floor garden of a multi-storey carpark when he heard what he thought was a cat mewing.
He looked among the plants and found the muddied baby boy. If convicted, she can be jailed for up to six months and fined up to $6,000.
Retiree Tay Kim Sia demonstrates how he found the baby buried in the soil. A former Indonesian maid was charged with the abandonment of her newborn baby at the rooftop garden in Eunos. -- PHOTO: SHIN MIN
A FORMER Indonesian maid was charged on Wednesday with abandoning her newborn baby at the rooftop garden of a multi-storey carpark.
Indriani, 27, appeared in court last week on a charge of unlawful entry into Singapore without a valid pass sometime in or before February 2010.
The former domestic worker is accused of leaving the baby boy at the rooftop garden at Block 31A Eunos Crescent with the intention of wholly abandoning him on April 18 at about 3am.
If convicted of this offence, she can be jailed for up to seven years or fined or jailed and fined.
Unlawful entry is punishable with up to six months and at least three strokes.
Women and those aged 50 and above, will not be caned but be given a fine not exceeding $6,000.
Indriani was remanded at Institute of Mental Health for psychiatric examination. She will be back in court on May 18.
Retiree Tay Kim Sia demonstrating how he found the baby buried in the soil after he climbed onto the planter box at the rooftop garden of a multi-storey carpark in Eunos. Under about 5cm of soil, he uncovered a dark-skinned newborn baby. After the police and an ambulance arrived, the baby was taken to the KK Women?s and Children?s Hospital. -- PHOTO: SPH
HER major depressive disorder led a mother to bury her newborn baby in a rooftop garden of a multi-storey carpark in Eunos Crescent in on April 11. The infant, his mouth stuffed with m&d and dried leaves and his umbilical cord still attached, was found alive that same day by a retiree having a smoke.
On Friday, Indriani, 28, an Indonesian who goes by one name, was jailed six weeks for child abandonment. She was also jailed four weeks and fined $2,000 for overstaying here for 273 days.
As she is unable to pay up, she will serve the one week default sentence. The jail term was backdated to April 26, the date of her remand.
She had pleaded guilty to both charges on Wednesday. Then, the district court heard that Indriani came here on March 6 last year to work as a maid. She ran off after four months and was deemed an overstayer from July 19, 2010.
According to investigations, she hid out at various parks. To earn money, she prostituted herself in Geylang. Last October, she discovered she was pregnant and had no idea who the father was.
She went into labour on the night of April 17 and sought refuge at the rooftop garden of Block 31A Eunos Crescent. At about 2am the next day, she gave birth to a baby boy. The mother hid the newborn in a 10cm deep hole she dug near some plants, and covered it with some soil and leaves.
Indriani then left. The baby has since been placed in foster care by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports.
A psychiatric evaluation by the Institute of Mental Health indicated that she was suffering from a major depressive disorder when she abandoned the child.
Shoulder-length hair tied neatly in a ponytail, the slim, 1.7m tall woman showed no expression throughout the hearing.
