'If he loses hearing, I'll just pay compensation'
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'If he loses hearing, I'll just pay compensation'
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Furious that a three-year-old boy hit his two-year-old son, a father allegedly slapped the older child. But the slap was so hard that the boy had to be taken to hospital yesterday as his right cheek had swelled up.
The man, believed to be in his 30s, was arrested by police after members of the public called the authorities and stopped him from escaping.
The two boys were believed to have been playing near a market in Toa Payoh Lorong 7 yesterday morning. They did not know each other, Lianhe Wanbao reported.
At one point, the older child hit the other boy, incurring the wrath of the latter's father.
After slapping the three-year-old, the man scolded him loudly, saying that he had not been brought up well by his family, eyewitnesses said.
The commotion attracted a crowd and some people told the man off, saying that adults should not hit young children.
Some bystanders said that the man was behaving arrogantly and pointed out that his actions could cause the boy to lose his hearing. But the man replied: "If he loses his hearing, I'll just pay compensation."
- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/singap...ll-just-pay-compensation#sthash.juNnR9J2.dpuf
My PaperMonday, Nov 17, 2014
manslapschild_main.jpg
'If he loses hearing, I'll just pay compensation'
260 9 0
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Furious that a three-year-old boy hit his two-year-old son, a father allegedly slapped the older child. But the slap was so hard that the boy had to be taken to hospital yesterday as his right cheek had swelled up.
The man, believed to be in his 30s, was arrested by police after members of the public called the authorities and stopped him from escaping.
The two boys were believed to have been playing near a market in Toa Payoh Lorong 7 yesterday morning. They did not know each other, Lianhe Wanbao reported.
At one point, the older child hit the other boy, incurring the wrath of the latter's father.
After slapping the three-year-old, the man scolded him loudly, saying that he had not been brought up well by his family, eyewitnesses said.
The commotion attracted a crowd and some people told the man off, saying that adults should not hit young children.
Some bystanders said that the man was behaving arrogantly and pointed out that his actions could cause the boy to lose his hearing. But the man replied: "If he loses his hearing, I'll just pay compensation."
- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/singap...ll-just-pay-compensation#sthash.juNnR9J2.dpuf
