A young unmarried couple in Taoyuan’s Jhongli District (中壢) were yesterday referred to prosecutors for investigation on child abandonment charges, police said.
Their five-month-old girl was left alone in a stroller outside her mother’s rented residence early on Sunday. A neighbor found the baby and reported the case to police.
After screening surveillance camera footage, police identified the baby’s father as a 21-year-old surnamed Tai (戴) and her mother as a 22-year-old surnamed Pi (皮).
Police found that the jobless Tai has a drug-related criminal record, while Pi works at a betel nut stand.
Tai and Pi were lovers, but broke up after the baby was born, according to police.
Pi originally took care of the girl, but she recently asked Tai to help care for the child because she needed to work, police said.
Tai demanded that Pi provide financial support to help raise the child, but Pi only provided baby formula and diapers, fearing that Tai would use any cash she gave him to buy drugs, police said, adding that Tai abandoned the child after Pi did not answer his telephone.
After questioning, the police referred Tai and Pi to prosecutors for investigation on charges of abandonment in terms of the Protection of Children and Youths Welfare and Rights Act (兒童及少年福利與權益保障法).
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