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National 6 years ago

'I'm a rape victim': Mother pens heartbreaking letter left with abandoned baby

A 3-month old baby boy was found on Thursday next to a house in Paniaran village of North Tapanuli, North Sumatra. His mother wrote in a letter found next to the baby that she had been a victim of rape and that she did not have the means to care for him.

City 6 years ago

‘It’s not because we hate you’: Letter accompanies baby girl found abandoned beside Bekasi road

An 18-year-old, only identified as LA, found the baby, who was alive and healthy, at 5.30 a.m. on the side of the road.

City 6 years ago

CCTV recording shows woman abandoning baby in North Jakarta

Footage from a CCTV camera on a house showed a short-haired woman wearing a blue shirt, pink shorts and an orange headband.

City 6 years ago

Newborn abandoned by homeless mother in hospital

Local residents found the woman in labor on Saturday and reported the matter to a community unit head, who took her to the Bhakti Mulia hospital.

City 6 years ago

Baby’s body found in plastic bag at rooftop in North Jakarta

A witness reportedly saw a man and woman in an argument near the location where the bag was discovered.

City 7 years ago

Workers find dead baby in trash can

An autopsy has determined that the infant was born alive.

City 7 years ago

Abandoned baby found near Soekarno-Hatta airport

A baby boy was found crying by the edge of Jl. Perimeter Selatan, near Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, on Monday morning.

City 7 years ago

Baby abandoned at South Jakarta hospital

A 3-month-old baby has been taken to city-owned Tunas Bangsa Orphanage after being abandoned by her mother at Fatmawati Hospital in South Jakarta.

National 7 years ago

Taboo prevents Indonesians from buying condoms

In big cities in Indonesia, condoms, which can be as cheap as US$1.19 a dozen, are as ubiquitous as convenience stores. Nonetheless, even with such easy access, making it the easiest form of contraception, cultural norms hamper the use of condoms.