Young woman charged with infanticide
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Police today (April 2) charged a 17-year-old young woman with one count of infanticide.

Police received a report early yesterday (April 1) morning that the 17-year-old defendant had wrapped a newborn baby boy in a towel and put it inside a handbag soon after she had given birth to the baby inside a flat in Shan King Estate, Tuen Mun.. Police later located the defendant and the baby boy, who certified dead at Pok Hoi Hospital afterwards, in Yuen Long.

The defendant will appear in Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts tomorrow (April 3).
 

Police Report No. 2
Issued by PPRB

Ends/Friday, April 2, 2010
Issued at HKT 19:01

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