The mother of a Chinese baby boy who was rescued from a sewer pipe beneath a toilet shortly after birth is unlikely to face criminal charges because authorities concluded he fell in accidentally.

The mother of the Chinese baby trapped in a sewer pipe in an ordeal caught on video raised the initial alarm and was present for the entire two-hour rescue but did not admit giving birth until confronted by police.

Chinese firefighters have rescued a newborn baby boy from a sewer pipe below a toilet after a member of the public heard its cries.