The baby
Churchgoers had raised the alarm about a kitten trapped in the drain, but were shocked to discover it was a newborn baby.
The passers-by had returned from a local church service in the township of Bandar Baru Bangi, located in the state of Selangor in Malaysia's West Coast peninsular when they heard the noise.
Fearing a kitten had got stuck in the drain, they tried to open it and were shocked to discover the crying noise was coming from a plastic bag nearby, containing a baby boy.
The newborn was covered in his own faeces and wrapped in a grey shirt inside the bag.
Local police spokesman Willey Richard said the man who had found the baby had initially thought the cries were coming from inside the drain.
According to the spokesman, he had then seen something moving in a bag next to it and decided to open the plastic bag and saw a baby inside.
The baby still had its umbilical cord attached and a police patrol team arrived shortly after to take the baby to the Kajang Hospital.
Police said the boy is healthy and are calling on the public to help identify and locate the child’s parents.