Public safety MMC Michael Sun said: “We are horrified to see how anyone can simply ‘throw away’ a baby in a plastic bag. I want to commend our two JMPD officers, Evelyn and Nompulelo, for their quick action and for saving the baby boy’s life.”
He added: “I feel that we, as government, are also responsible to investigate the reason Baby X was abandoned and offer assistance and counselling to those affected. There may be a young mother in distress who needs chronic help.”
Sun said there was a similar incident on June 26 2018. A young mother wrapped her baby in blanket and abandoned her at a bus stop, where two drivers saved her.
The mother was later arrested and charged.