Dead baby found case in Yuen Long reclassified as murder
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     Police today (May 7) reclassified a dead baby found case in Yuen Long as murder.

     At about 12.25pm on April 30, Police received a report that a baby was found inside a black recycle bag in the bush on Lam Hau Tsuen Road.

     Police officers sped to the scene and found a baby girl inside the bag. She was about two weeks old and wore an orange coat. She was rushed to Pok Oi Hospital where she was certified dead at 12.46pm.

     Upon investigation, Police reclassified the case as murder. The baby﷿s expatriate mother is in suspected connection with the case.

     Active investigations by the Regional Crime Unit of New Territories North are under way.

Ends/Thursday, May 7, 2015
Issued at HKT 23:35

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