…Community Dwellers Throng the Scene to Catch a Glimpse
Mothers of reputation broke down in tears Sunday afternoon in the New Georgia Estate vicinity when what could be considered a week old baby was found dead in a black plastic bag.
The scene of the dead baby of the male attracted huge crowd who went peeping in a flower bush along leading to the New Georgia Gulf, expressing surprised at the heartlessness of the mother who had thrown the baby away.
The NEW VISION’s editor who visited the scene said the baby was seen head upside down, feet twisted and neck seems to be broken while sit head lied in a pool of blood inside the plastic bag.
Investigation by the NEW VISION did not find out who the mother could be. Women and men who throng to the area to catch a glance expressed disgust over the unknown mother, who had denied the child’s right to survivor.
One of those who rushed on the scene was the Assistant Coordinator for Women and Children’s right, Madam Korpo Kortimai who said “only a wicked mother could do this.”
“No one knows whether this baby was thrown away alive and later 
get killed because of the hash condition that it underwent,” Ms. Kortimai said, noting that it would be better for mothers who cannot cater to their newly born babies to take them to the Women and Children Unit of the Liberian National Police so that the police can call in philanthropist and children NGOs to take care of the survivor of the child.
She said everyone, including babies, has the right to live under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the African Charter for People’s Right and other instruments such as the Constitution of Liberia, adding that throwing children in the dumpsites is cruelty at the highest peak.
Beatrice Worwin, another lady who was in tears for the gruesome treatment meted to the dead child said any such insinuation that treating newly born children in such a manner id due to poverty or hard time is unacceptable.
Madam Worwin, who called on community dwellers in various communities to monitor pregnant women and the whereabouts of newly born babies, added that it is only by doing so that heartless women that have decided to deny children their rights to live can be identified to account for their newly born babies.
Many other women who crowded the place expressed general misgivings, and called on the government to investigate mothers whose children are not seen with them so as to establish the whereabouts of the babies or children.
There was no police on the scene up to press time. Investigation continues.
Photos and text by Bill K. Jarkloh (www.panwhanpen.com)
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