Domestic helper, 32, held over abortion as fetus found in rubbish collection centre in Hong Kong
Woman had complained of feeling unwell at employer’s flat and was taken to hospital
A 32-year-old domestic helper has been arrested on suspicion of having an abortion in a public housing flat and leaving the fetus at a rubbish collection centre in the Kowloon Bay area of Hong Kong.
The woman, an Indonesian, complained of having a stomach ache at around midnight Friday so her employer in Choi Sing House, Choi Ha Estate, took her to United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong.
A medical examination indicated she had an abortion and police were alerted at about 1.30am.
She bought medicine for the abortion and took it on Wednesday, a police source said. “The body of her fetus was dumped in a rubbish collection centre on Thursday afternoon,” he said.
The 31-week-old fetus was found at a refuse centre in the estate on Friday morning.
The helper was arrested on suspicion of administering drugs to procure an abortion, according to a police spokeswoman. She was being held in hospital’s custodial ward and had not been charged.
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The source said an autopsy would be carried out. Crime squad officers from Sau Mau Ping police district were handling the case. Officers collected evidence at the flat and the refuse centre.