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SINGAPORE – In the months leading to his death in Oct 2016, a 5-year-old boy was subjected to all kinds of abuse, including being confined in a cage meant for the family’s pet cat.
He was also pinched with pliers on his thighs and buttocks, hit with various objects – including a broom and hanger – and was burnt with scalding hot water.
These acts of physical and psychological abuse were allegedly inflicted by his own parents, from July 2016 until his death on Oct 23 that year.
When the boy – who cannot be named due to a gag order – finally collapsed from his injuries that included severe burns across 70 per cent of his body, the couple allegedly delayed sending him to the hospital for six hours.
Azlin Arujunah and Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, both 27, did this out of fear that they would get in trouble for child abuse.
Deputy Public Prosecutors Tan Wen Hsien, Daphne Lim and Li Yihong said the couple blatantly disregarded the boy’s welfare and his life.
“This is a murder as horrific as it is tragic,” said the prosecution team in their opening statement on Tuesday (Nov 12) in the High Court, on the first day of the trial.
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