A 25-year-old Hong Kong woman, identified as Huang, was convicted in Taiwan on May 15, 2025, for abandoning the corpse of her stillborn baby in a hospital freezer. The incident occurred on November 5, 2022, at the affiliated hospital of China Medical University in Taichung, where Huang, an international student, delivered a stillborn baby boy at 21 weeks of pregnancy. She placed the body in the hospital’s freezer and arranged for a funeral company to collect it, promising to pay a deposit by December 10, 2022. However, Huang disappeared and was out of contact until her apprehension by Taiwan police in early 2025, with court proceedings starting in April.
Huang’s defense argued she was overcome by grief, unable to understand the funeral company’s document she signed, and claimed the stillborn fetus, being under 24 weeks, should be classified as medical waste rather than a corpse. The court rejected this, noting the fetus had developed into a distinct human form (28 cm long, 0.345 kg). Considering Huang’s financial and emotional distress as an international student, the court imposed a lenient sentence, though the exact penalty wasn’t specified in available reports.
This case, reported by South China Morning Post and NDTV, sparked discussion on X about mental health support for students abroad. If you need more details, like the specific sentence or related legal context, let me know