Maid jailed for throwing five-year-old boy onto ground in Punggol while carrying him
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SINGAPORE - A maid smacked her employer's five-year-old son in a field in Punggol and deliberately threw him onto the ground twice when he struggled as she tried to carry him. An eyewitness recorded a video of the incident with her mobile phone and posted thMaid jailed for throwing five-year-old boy onto ground in Punggol while carrying him
SINGAPORE - A maid smacked her employer's five-year-old son in a field in Punggol and deliberately threw him onto the ground twice when he struggled as she tried to carry him. An eyewitness recorded a video of the incident with her mobile phone and posted the clip on a WeChat group earlier this year (2019). Deputy Public Prosecutor Ang Siok Chen said the video later went viral and was shared on Facebook as well as on citizen journalism site Stomp. The 24-year-old Indonesian maid was sentenced on Tuesday (Aug 20) to eight months' jail after pleading guilty to one count of ill-treating the boy. She cannot be named as a gag order has been imposed to protect the child's identity. DPP Ang told District Judge Ng Peng Hong that the maid started working for the boy's family in November last year and besides household chores, she was also required to look after him. At around 9am on March 12, he took a ball, left his home and went towards the field in front of Block 673C Edgefield Plains. The maid went after him and picked him up, the court heard. Read more