POLICE are trying to trace a man who apparently abandoned his 10-month-old son in a hotel earlier this week.

The infant was found about noon on Wednesday by a cleaner at the hotel who told police she heard him crying and became concerned. When she entered the room, she saw the child on the bed beside a half-full baby’s bottle and some diapers.

The hotel’s management contacted the police who, after reviewing footage from security cameras, identified the baby’s father as a 32-year-old Songjiang District resident surnamed Zhu.