The Baby, Who Was Just 4 DAYS Old, Was Left Behind By His Mother In Front Of The Restaurant When The Temperature Was Minus 0 Derajat.

JAKARTA - A 20-year-old woman from Vietnam is being investigated by the police for allegedly neglecting her newborn child in weather below zero degrees Celsius in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province.

Quoted from The Korea Herald, Thursday, December 22, Deokjin Jeonju Police have submitted a warrant to detain the suspect for violating the Child Welfare Act. Anyone who neglects a child under protection and supervision can be sentenced to up to two years in prison or a fine of 3 million won ($2,349).

The suspect was accused of leaving his four-day-old daughter in front of a restaurant in Deokjin-gu, Jeonju city, 200 kilometers south of Seoul, at around 20:10 on Monday 19 December.

The child was found by a restaurant owner who immediately reported the case to the police.

Temperatures in the area were minus 1.8 degrees Celsius at the time, but the baby was found in good health, officials said. The suspect was arrested on Monday, near his home in Jeonju.

The child has been placed in a baby care facility.

The suspect was an exchange student who entered Korea earlier this year, but he declined to comment on the baby's father.

The police said the perpetrator refused to answer the question. He just said he was unable to raise his child.