The body was found in the ground floor female toilet at the MRT station.
SINGAPORE: The body of a newborn baby boy was found in the ground floor female toilet of Tampines MRT Station on Friday afternoon (Jun 3).
Police said they received a call at 1.37pm along Tampines Central 1 and the baby was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. A police cordon was set up around the area.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it was alerted to the case at 1.40pm and that an ambulance was dispatched to the scene within seven minutes.
-- CNA
Responding to a call for assistance at Tampines MRT station, personnel from the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) made a grim find: The body of a newborn baby.
Stomper Jonathan said his wife had been at the scene when the incident occurred yesterday afternoon (June 3).
"She was trying to enter the toilet and was stopped," he told Stomp.
Jonathan added that there was a crowd standing around -- as seen in photos that he had contributed via WhatsApp -- but like his wife, nobody knew what had happened.
Several netizens had also posted photos on Twitter and Facebook, wondering why there was such a heavy police presence at the MRT station and an area being cordoned off.
Jonathan said he and his wife only found out about the baby's death upon reading media reports that night.
According to AsiaOne, a spokesperson said that SCDF were alerted to an incident requiring ambulance assistance at Tampines MRT station at about 1.40pm on Friday
The ambulance arrived at the scene within seven minutes, and paramedics were led to a toilet on the first floor, SCDF said. There, they found the the body of the baby.
It remains unclear how the baby died.
Meanwhile, the police said that they received a call requesting for assistance at 1.37pm.
When officers arrived, it was established that the body of a male newborn was found, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A police spokesperson added that investigations are still ongoing.
According to Today newspaper, the body was found in a cubicle rubbish bin by a cleaner who was doing her afternoon cleanup rounds.
Website Coconuts Singapore reported that a body bag was subsequently carried out of the toilet at around 4pm.
On Twitter, a user named William posted photographs of the station showing that the police cordon was still in place at 5.05pm.