Newborn found in shopping mall dumpster

The baby boy being inspected by Miri Hospital personnel.
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MIRI, March 30: A healthy newborn baby boy with his umbilical cord still attached was found alive inside a dumpster of a shopping mall here at Jalan Parry on Friday night (Good Friday).

The baby boy was found by a man who happened to visit the area to collect cardboard boxes for recycling around 9.20pm.

“At first I thought it was a cat making a crying sound when I approached the dumpster,“ said the man who wished to be named as Uncle Micheal when met by DayakDaily at the scene.

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His curiosity aroused, Micheal tried to locate the source of the sound.

“I was surprised to see a baby inside the dumpster,” he said.

Micheal (right) with the newborn.

He immediately contacted the police for assistance.

The discovery attracted a large crowd at the scene.

Within minutes, the police arrived and cordoned off the area.

The baby boy was taken immediately to Miri hospital by ambulance. — DayakDaily

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