Form five student finds abandoned baby boy

A newborn baby boy was found abandoned by the side of a house in Kampung Sungai Sebatang, Jalan Kuala Kedah, here yesterday. The baby's cries, apparently due to mosquito bites, awakened a Form Five student, Normawani Ahmad, 17, who was asleep on the top floor of the double-storey house at 3 am. "I was surprised to hear the cries of a baby and sounds of someone walking so I opened my window and saw a nude baby lying on a red plastic sheet," she told reporters when met at the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital here. Normawarni said she informed her mother Harison Shafie, 50, who was asleep next door at her sister's house. "We didn't find a note on the baby, but there were traces of blood and faeces, while his body was bluish and had mosquito bites. "My mother cleaned and clothed him before we went to the police station to lodge a report," said Normawarni, who was thankful that the baby was safe and had not fallen victim to stray dogs which frequented the area. Meanwhile, Harison said she did not think any of the villagers could have abandoned the baby. Kota Setar OCPD ACP Adzaman Mohd Jan, when contacted, confirmed the find and said the baby was undergoing a medical examination at the hospital. He said the police were seeking the baby's parents.