SEOUL – The Korean National Police Agency’s National Office of Investigation said on Tuesday that they are investigating 193 cases of what are being referred to as “ghost children”, babies whose births were never registered with the local authorities, as part of the...
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has also teamed up with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and each district office to look into undocumented baby cases. As of Tuesday, the SMPA said it had confirmed 38 unregistered babies, adding that it would thoroughly investigate cases of abandonment, abuse and neglect.a slew of infanticide cases involving undocumented babiesIn late June, two unregistered babies were found dead inside a refrigerator at a residence in Suwon, Gyeonggi province.
In another case, a woman in her 20s residing in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi province, was booked by the police on charges of handing over her newborn baby to an unidentified person she had met via social media immediately after giving birth in December 2021. Meanwhile, a June report released by the Board of Audit and Inspection found that at least 2,236 newborn babies born in medical institutions were unregistered between 2015 and 2022.
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