Qatar identifies parents of infant abandoned in airport toilet, officers charged over invasive searches

"Investigations revealed that the infant's mother ... threw the newborn infant in the trash can in one of the toilets in the departures lounge at the airport and boarded the plane to her destination," the prosecutor said." had a relationship with another person of the nationality of one of the Asian countries as well, and this relationship resulted in the infant that was found.

The mother had told the father that she had dumped the baby and departed the country, the statement added, while DNA screening proved they were the child's parents. Judicial police officers working in the Airport Security Department broke the law when they summoned female medical staff to conduct the searches, the public prosecutor said in a statement on MondayThe public prosecutor did not say what crimes had been committed, how many police officers had been charged or detail the penalties they faced, such as imprisonment, if convicted.

The incident only came to light weeks after it occurred, when affected Australian passengers spoke out, with Canberra labelling the episode"appalling".Qatar is an ultra-conservative Muslim monarchy, where sex and childbirth outside of marriage are punishable by jail.

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