‘Crying kitten’ turns out to be a baby | Inquirer News

‘Crying kitten’ turns out to be a baby

/ 05:52 PM January 11, 2016

Safe and sound: The newborn baby boy found in Bandar Baru Bangi has been sent to the Kajang Hospital.

Safe and sound: The newborn baby boy found in Bandar Baru Bangi has been sent to the Kajang Hospital.

KAJANG, Malaysia—What some Bandar Baru Bangi residents thought were the cries of a helpless kitten in a drain turned out to be that of an abandoned newborn baby boy.

Section 7 residents returning from Saturday evening prayers were shocked to find the boy, covered in his own feces and wrapped in a grey shirt and a plastic bag, by the drain along Jalan 7/5G here.

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Kajang OCPD Asst. Comm. Willey Richard said a witness was cycling home when he heard what he thought were the sounds of a kitten coming from the drain.

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The man got off the bicycle and checked the drain near a house but did not see anything.

However, while returning to his bicycle, he spotted something moving inside a white plastic bag on top of a concrete slab by the drain.

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“He opened the plastic bag and saw a baby inside.

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“He cycled back to the surau (prayer room) to inform the people there of what he had found,” said ACP Willey.

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The man’s father and a family doctor friend returned to the drain to inspect the child.

The baby still had the umbilical cord attached and was wrapped only in a shirt.

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The doctor borrowed a pair of scissors from a neighbor and snipped the umbilical cord off the infant.

A police patrol team arrived shortly after and took him to the Kajang Hospital.

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ACP Willey said the boy is healthy and police are calling on the public to help identify and locate the child’s parents.

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