If you haven't been keeping up with the news: A major cross-border story is playing out concerning a Singaporean couple allegedly abandoning their newborn baby in Taiwan.

They apparently threw the baby, wrapped in plastic, into a bin, where it was discovered by a recycling plant worker.

Despite initial investigations by the Taiwanese police suggesting the couple was responsible for the act, the boyfriend came out to vehemently deny these claims.

In an interview with Shin Min Daily News, the boyfriend insisted that not only did they not abandon the baby, his girlfriend was not pregnant at all.

The parents also floated the idea that the woman was just a bit plump.

Taiwanese media releases images

In an apparent counter to the interview he gave to Shin Min, TVBS News released footage of the lady in what appears to be a convenience store in Taiwan.

Here it is:

They even did a follow-up media report:

Their media also reported that a convenience store employee remembered asking where her husband was, in relation to her presumed pregnancy, and the woman only responded that he was resting, instead of correcting the employee.

The report then urged the woman to come forth and clear up this matter.

A recent Shin Min article also claimed that the man had been uncontactable for more than two days.

The report also featured some of the neighbours in Singapore claiming that the girl's stomach had grown bigger over the past few months.

The same Shin Min article raised four relevant questions: How a pregnant lady could get on a flight, was the baby stillborn, how did she deliver in a hotel, and whether the return to Singapore was pre-planned.

The baby's body was found on Feb. 27, after the couple left Taiwan on Feb. 26.

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Image collated from Chinapress and TVB News