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| Lantau South Police investigated the case after finding the dead baby in an alley near a village house |
A 21-year-old Filipina has appeared in West Kowloon Court
J.N. Villanueva, applied for $20,000 bail but Magistrate
Peter Law rejected it today, Aug 21. No plea was taken.
The prosecution opposed the bail, citing the seriousness of
the case and the risk of the defendant absconding.
Villanueva, said to be a daughter of a permanent resident, is
a dependant visa holder and worked as a receptionist in a gym.
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She was accused of abandoning the baby in the alley after
giving birth to it on Feb 1 in a nearby village house in Tong Fuk Tsuen, Lantau
South.
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A police report said Lantau South police received a report from a passer-by at 10:30am that a suspected body of a baby was found in an alley in Tong Fuk Tsuen.
Police sped to the scene and found a newborn baby girl on
the ground with her umbilical cord and placenta attached. She was certified
dead at the scene.
Villanueva was arrested on suspicion of abandoning the baby,
but the case was later classified as concealing the birth of a child.
Upon further investigation by the Crime Unit of Lantau District, police reclassified the case as manslaughter.
Upon further investigation by the Crime Unit of Lantau District, police reclassified the case as manslaughter.
Villanueva first appeared at the West Kowloon Court
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