Woman, 34, held over death of newborn found in rubbish bin at Hong Kong plaza

2026-03-26 - 12:53

A 34-year-old woman has been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of concealing a child’s birth after a newborn boy was found abandoned in a toilet rubbish bin and later declared dead at hospital. Wan Chai district crime-squad officers arrested the woman in the Eastern district on Thursday. She was being held for questioning. A cleaner at Lee Theatre Plaza on Percival Street in Causeway Bay discovered the infant – umbilical cord still attached – in a rubbish bin inside a cubicle in the women’s...