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I don't entirely understand this. It's not like she left her baby in a burning building or the Sahara desert. Sorry to nitpick, but is there any reason for describing the baby as having been left "to die"?
Posted by: jim-r | August 01, 2009 at 09:03 PM
Very sad news :*(
Posted by: niclet | August 01, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Well if you look at the link it will tell you more detail of this. Saying that right after birth , she left her baby in the toilet of a internet cafe restroom and 2 hours later it died. she left it for dead I mean she didn't even bother to leave the child with a worker there.
Posted by: HyperHyper | August 03, 2009 at 10:43 PM