BABY FARM @ MORATUWA

75 infants and 20 pregnant women found at Moratuwa Baby farm:

An institution under the purview of the National Child Protection Authority had received that this centre is abusing the powers and the laid down regulations and was up to a racket it had been reported. In order to find the truth of this racket in the institution the Baby farm located at Rawatawatta, Moratuwa was subjected to an inspection by the Officials of the National Child Protection Authority.
Initially they had found on suspicion that certain body parts of deformed infants were found to be sent to foreign countries for budding purposes. At the time of the raid and inspection there had been 75 infants. Out of this amount only 29 infants had been officially handed over the institution by the NCPU. In addition there were 16 infants that could not be accounted for as been handed over by the National Child Protection Authority. To add to this figure there were 30 other infants unaccounted.
There were 20 pregnant women and 12 newly born infants with their mothers. At the time of the inspection further suspicion had arisen as there was a foreign lady. When she was questioned she had said she had come to take away a child with a defect in the tongue for treatment. This fact made the Police to suspect that a racket involving foreigners were taking place in the institution.

It had been reported that several pregnant mothers after child birth leave the Institution without the infant. It was learnt that on the sly these babies are sold to foreigners and even to local people which was revealed during the inspection. Further investigations are been conducted.