Abandoned baby found in paper bag hanging from car's side mirror

IPOH: A newborn baby girl was found abandoned in a paper bag hanging from the side mirror of a car near the Ashby Flats on Jalan Hospital here.

A 20-year-old man, a resident of the flats, heard the cries of a baby at about 12.30am and traced the sound to the paper bag.

The baby still had her umbilical cord still attached.

Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Ali Tamby said that the man had seen the paper bag hanging from the car's side mirror earlier at about 8.30pm, but he did not suspect anything amiss then.

"The baby girl has been sent to the Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun for further checks.

"She has been placed at the hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and is in stable condition," he said here Wednesday (July 4).