Five-month-old fetus found in trash can in downtown Yangon

A five-month-old fetus was found in a trash can in Kyauktada Township, downtown Yangon, according to local residents and social welfare organizations. The abandoned fetus was male, and the police came to the scene to conduct investigations. (Social Media) Yangon (July 1) Mizzima. -- A five-month-old fetus was found in a trash can in Kyauktada Township, downtown Yangon, according to local residents and social welfare organizations. In the morning of yesterday (June 30), residents of the ward first discovered the fetus abandoned inside a trash can at the intersection of 38th Street in Kyauktada Township. "It is true that a fetus was found. We don't know if it was a miscarriage or something else, but it was estimated to be about five months old when it was discarded. It was found in a trash can in the block below 38th Street," said an official from a Yangon-based social welfare organization. It is reported that the abandoned fetus was male and that the police came to the scene to conduct investigations. "As soon as the body was found, the local residents contacted the social welfare organization and the police station by phone. They arrived, conducted their investigations, and then took the body to the hospital. We have learned that efforts are being made to arrest the perpetrator," said a resident of Kyauktada Township. When contacted by phone to inquire about the details of the incident of the fetus being discarded, the Kyauktada Myoma Police Station did not respond. Local residents say that in Yangon, which has a high population density, cases of stillborn newborns being discarded in trash cans have occurred frequently since the military coup. Coincidentally, on June 30, 2025, a similar incident occurred where the body of a newborn baby was found discarded in a trash can at the intersection of Maha Bandula Road and 21st Street in Latha Township, wrapped in a plastic bag. In this incident, which occurred in a crowded area of downtown Yangon, the perpetrator has not yet been apprehended, and now another incident of a discarded fetus has occurred. Residents have stated that since the military junta's coup, Yangon has seen an increase in cases of elderly people being abandoned, children being sold for money and forced to beg due to inability to afford their upbringing, and now, the abandonment of newborn babies' bodies. Editor. -- Aung Kyaw Phyo