12-year-old gives birth, abandons baby

The police in Yibin, Sichuan province, are investigating the case of a 12-year-old girl who gave birth to a baby girl, and are pledging to hold the father accountable.

Police said that they are looking for the male but did not identify him.

On Friday evening, police in the city's Nanxi district received a call about a newborn baby abandoned in the grass under an overpass. Police rushed to the scene, asking doctors from the district hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine for help.