A Three-year-old boy was so badly battered that he died from his injuries five days later in hospital.
A friend of the toddler's 22-year-old mother, Muhammad Raffiq Jaffah, was arrested after causing grievous hurt to the boy on Dec 15.
On Monday, the boy, Danish Iman Abdullah, succumbed to his injuries at the KK Women's and Children's Hospital. The charge against Muhammad, 23, was then changed to one of murder, and he now faces the death sentence if convicted. He is in remand and will return to court next Tuesday.
He is alleged to have hit the boy in a Geylang Road shophouse between 5.30pm and 6.15pm on Dec 15 by using his hand to slap the toddler's face, causing him to knock against the wall.
The boy was taken to the intensive care unit of the hospital.
This article came as a shock to me as I was appalled that a supposedly matured adult could resort to such despicable acts on a young and innocent child. I could not believe one would murder his/her friend's child.
I would like to find out from the writer what the reason was for the convicted to assault the child as it was not really stated in the article.
If I were in charge of the situation, I would surely not have done such a grave crime. Hurting a young and innocent three-year-old, who could hardly defend himself, is such a ridiculous situation I could even imagine before this tragic incident occurred.
(Sorry Dr. Chia I was on holiday for the past week and could only access the blog today, thus the late post.)
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