Baby Girl Found on Top of Rubbish, Police Hunt for Perpetrators

JAKARTA - A baby girl was found by residents on top of a pile of market garbage in the RT 13/12 area, West Pademangan Village, Pademangan District, North Jakarta, Monday, March 2, 2026.

Fortunately, when the baby was found alive. The baby was found wrapped in a sarung cloth in a black backpack.

"Yes, this morning at around 08.00 WIB was found by residents while shopping at the market. Currently, he has been taken to the hospital for treatment," said the Head of the FKDM Pademangan District, Ratih when confirmed.

Ratih said the baby was only a few days old.

"Residents initially felt suspicious that there was a black bag lying on the sidewalk of a former fruit vendor, but it was heavy," he said.

When the bag was opened, residents were shocked that what they saw was a baby.

"There was a mother named Lina Marlina who took the initiative to take him to the hospital, so the baby was saved," he said.

The Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Pademangan Police, AKP Muhaiyin Ikhsan, said that his party had conducted an investigation regarding the perpetrator of the baby disposal.

"We are still investigating the baby thrower," said AKP Ikhsan when confirmed.