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Single mom sentenced for discarding newborn girl

By 임정요

Published : May 4, 2016 - 18:16

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A woman who discarded her newborn baby in a plastic bag was sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison suspended for three years Wednesday by the Suwon District Court. 

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The 26-year-old woman surnamed Hong was indicted in August 2015 for discarding her baby girl in a black plastic bag in the veranda of her apartment. She had given birth in the bathroom of her residence in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province.

The baby was rescued by a passerby who heard her wail and reported Hong to the authorities.

The Suwon court said Hong was a single parent without a stable income. After becoming pregnant again with a baby whose father she was not certain, Hong had suffered extreme psychological pressure that led her to commit the crime.

By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)