JAKARTA // The body of a newborn baby has been found in the toilet of a plane after it arrived in Indonesia from Doha.
Police were waiting to question a female passenger.
The grim discovery was made late Sunday by cleaners as they moved through the Qatar Airways flight after its arrival at the main international airport serving Jakarta.
The baby was estimated to have been born between two and four months prematurely, airport police spokesman Endang Sutrisna said. Staff found it wrapped in tissue paper in a toilet.
An Indonesian migrant worker was taken for a medical checkup before being transferred to a police hospital in East Jakarta for further tests.
“If the results of the doctor’s examination shows she is fit for questioning, then she will be brought to the airport police to answer inquiries, and account for her actions,” Mr Sutrisna said.
It is not yet clear if the woman will face criminal charges.
Middle East countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are major destinations for Indonesian domestic workers, particularly women.
* Agence France-Presse
