SINGAPORE - A woman was fined $5,000 on Friday (June 18) for slapping an eight-year-old girl's face in an MRT train after the latter accidentally stepped on her foot.
The girl had boarded a train with her mother at Choa Chu Kang station on July 15 last year, and stepped on Connie Soh’s left foot some time before 1.47pm.
A district court was told that the girl apologised to Soh, who was talking loudly on her phone and did not hear the apology.
In an earlier proceeding, Deputy Public Prosecutor Joseph Gwee said: “The victim did not retaliate, and instead, began to cry from the bodily pain she experienced. The (face) is also regarded as a vulnerable part of the body.
“The accused... attempted to leave the area and the victim’s mother then pulled her shirt to prevent the accused from leaving the vicinity.”
The mother took her daughter to the National University Hospital later that day after alerting the police.
The child was found to have a bruised left cheek and was given two days of medical leave.
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