The Straits Times
Date: March 3, 2019
By: Timothy Goh, Ng Huiwen

A screengrab from a news report showing the body of the baby girl being taken away.

SINGAPORE – A couple from Singapore are being investigated by Taiwanese authorities for allegedly dumping the body of a newborn baby girl in a recycling bin.

Taiwan’s Criminal Investigation Bureau is also reportedly seeking help from Singapore authorities on the matter, which Singapore police confirmed on Sunday afternoon (March 3).

Taiwanese media reported last Thursday that the baby girl’s body was found wrapped in a garbage bag early on Tuesday by an employee from a recycling company, who had been sorting through the trash.

The bag had been carried by a garbage truck travelling from Taipei to Xindian.    [FULL  STORY]