DNA of dumped baby matches blood found in Singapore couple's hotel room

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The DNA of the newborn girl allegedly dumped by a couple from Singapore last week matched blood samples taken from the hotel room that the pair had stayed in while they were in Taipei, Taiwan. Yesterday's confirmation from the Taiwan police comes about a week after the...

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They checked into a hotel in Ximending just 40m away from the alleged dump site.

CCTV footage reportedly showed the man heading towards the restaurant where the baby was abandoned at about 3.50am on Feb 26 with a plastic bag believed to contain the baby.Taiwan's state-owned Central News Agency reported yesterday that local police had collected swabs of bloodstains found in the hotel bathroom drain and tests confirmed the blood samples matched the baby girl's DNA.

Taiwan police told The New Paper yesterday in Mandarin:"We have not made a request to the Singapore police for assistance because the baby's cause of death is still not known.Lawyer James Ow Yong of Kalco Law told TNP that Singapore does not have any extradition treaty or arrangement with Taiwan. However, under Section 108A of the Penal Code, the couple may have committed the crime of abetting an offence outside Singapore, with the offence being the concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.

Singapore police may require the couple to provide information, blood and DNA samples in the course of investigations, Mr Ow Yong said, which may then be used in collaboration with foreign authorities.The couple have denied their involvement in the case when contacted by Shin Min in Singapore last Friday.Get The New Paper on your phone with the free TNP app. Download from the

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