Chinese trainee arrested over abandoning baby for fear of deportation

Why not?

An intern at a food processing plant, sounds legit....

Are you being sarcastic? While I don't know this woman's circumstance, that's exactly the types of job they use interns for.

Investigators got clues on the suspect based on security camera footage, the police said.

Ah yes! The real heros who brought this case to light. If it weren't for these cameras (who provide real hard evidence in these situations) no one would've known who the mother was! Splendid that the baby is well.

she is welcome to work, back in China.. not in Japan

Again an opinion without anything to back it, a bit of an empty vessel really.

Whether she stays or goes is for the law to decide, but I wish she gets to keep the baby and brings it up in good conditions.

I’m guessing the process to be selected for the intern job could take up to 6 months, probably more. Birth control during this process or a condom would have been smart.

Gee, now that I think about it, I hope having to have sex with one of the people involved in the selection process wasn’t part of this. If it was, then this could shine a big light on a very black area. A whole new, and a lot more serious metoo issue.

what you talking about? she is welcome to work, back in China.. not in Japan

why would she need be given maternal care, benefits and child care ?

Alex - why shouldn't any mother who wishes to work not be offered access to maternal care, benefits and child care? I've lived in the USA, France and Australia and all offer such benefits. As you say, Japan tends to be a bit of an exception...

people here have biology or math issues.

People have understanding issues here, sure she was pregnant when she probably was offered the job, but she might have taken it because it was a chance to escape poverty.

She tried to play the intern resources or was just plain stupid.

Thats just an opinion, there are no facts to support it.

Either way, she better be deported asap, with her baby.

Abandoning the baby in a manner endangering its life is a crime and needs to be punished for, however what that is, the law will decide.

I wish she gets to stay in conditions that enable her to care for her baby.

 And who is the dad?  If the father is Japanese this kid is entitled to Japanese citizenship.

and she didn't have to abandon the baby.

desperate people sometimes take desperate measures, and there are an awful lot of desperate people in this world.... let's try not to be too comfortably judgemental....

Mizuame.. why would she need be given maternal care, benefits and child care ? If you so inclined, you welcome to privately sponsor her. Otherwise I see absolutely no reason what soever for your statement.. especially when single Japanese mothers , working , taxpaying citizens of this country have trouble to receive such benefits legally.

The good things she didn't kill the baby, some they'd kill the baby before throwing away, put on the coin locker, garbage, or flushed on the toilet. She still have a heart though.

she was a already pregnant when she came...interesting.

while I feel for the women, she was already 4 month pregnant before she came, she must have realised by then. What did she expect would happen when she gave birth!?

she was a already pregnant when she came...interesting. for those on this site who don't know about the system of japanese slave intern labour...you don't just turn up at your local rural job centre and say "gimme that job". you have to collect a sht load of money from your family and village. give it to the yakuza who will give a portion to the concerned visa and labour ministry officials in brown envelopes. usually this process will include an extra charge, which the family or village must pay every month for, contract continuity? with interest of course. if this woman was deported, blood would flow. her company should be responsible.

Either way, she better be deported asap, with her baby.

Or be allowed to work here, perhaps part time, after maternity leave, with her child being given access to child care or care by other relatives.

people here have biology or math issues.. , she was well pregnant when she came here ( august ) meaning she was at least 2-3 month pregnant already.

She tried to play the intern resources or was just plain stupid.

Either way, she better be deported asap, with her baby.

She was pregnant when she came to Japan. It’s likeky she would not have been able to keep the baby in China anyway. Glad the baby is ok (so far).

Interns under under the Japanese government-sponsored technical training program are not allowed to have formal relationships while living in Japan. This denial of human rights is the crux of the problem.

That is just so sad, she has to give up her baby because she feared for her job!

Even though she abandoned the baby in front of a residence, the cold weather could easily have proved fatal. Punishment is due here.

Is it just cos I read the CRIME section or does it appear, the solution to any misdemeanor is JAIL first, ask questions later, what a horrendous way to treat a new mum.

How about mentioning the company she was working for? The poor woman gave birth at her home. If at least if she had had any kind of support she could have heard of the hatches where you can leave your baby for adoption, instead of leaving him at a private residence.

or did she abandon him to save her butt from being deported?

That is really sad. she abandoned her baby because she thought that would give him a better chance in life.

China is a developing country?

She needs to be deported after being reunited with her baby, assuming she wants it.

good that Japan doesn't have the same law as America where anyone born there is automatically a citizen

"but the scheme has been criticized as being a cover for companies that import cheap labor" well when you call it a scheme that sort of seals the deal doesn't it?