Mum who hit daughter with phone charging cable sentenced to detention order
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SINGAPORE - A Chinese national was sentenced to a 10-day short detention order on Tuesday (Sept 15) after she used a mobile phone charging cable to hit her then eight-year-old daughter on her arms and lower back. The 39-year-old mother, who is currently onMum who hit daughter with phone charging cable sentenced to detention order
SINGAPORE - A Chinese national was sentenced to a 10-day short detention order on Tuesday (Sept 15) after she used a mobile phone charging cable to hit her then eight-year-old daughter on her arms and lower back. The 39-year-old mother, who is currently on a long-term visit pass, faced a charge of voluntarily causing hurt, with three other charges taken into consideration during sentencing. Neither can be named due to a gag order to protect the child's identity. The court heard that when the incident occurred in August 2018, the girl was still residing under a voluntary care arrangement but allowed weekend home leave to see her mother. Court documents said that the girl was removed from her mother's care and placed under interim protection from May 31, 2017, to July 27, 2018. The documents did not reflect why this was so. At about noon on Aug 10, 2018, the girl was with her mother at the massage outlet where the woman worked as a massage therapist. The girl was playing with her phone when it ran out of battery and she asked her mother to help her charge it. But the woman was busy with work and told her to wait or to go home. Read more