Baby found dumped on porch roof in Ipoh


IPOH: A baby boy with his umbilical cord still attached was found alive on the roof of a porch in Bercham here, and it is believed that he was thrown out from a top-floor window of a nearby double-story house.

Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm A. Asmadi Abdul Aziz said the newborn is believed to have been thrown out from a window by his 16-year-old mother.

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