[h=1]42YR OLD MOTHER TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER OF 7 YEAR OLD FOUND DEAD IN TAMPINES[/h]
Post date:
14 Sep 2014 - 2:47pm
A 42 year old woman has been arrested and will be charged with the murder of the 7 year old special needs boy who was found at the foot of a block in Tampines yesterday afternoon.
The woman is the mother of the young boy and she is expected to be charged in court tomorrow.
A neighbour explained that the young boy was autistic and he attended a special needs school. He described the family as “very private”.
The boy was found lying face down in a pool of blood at the foot of block 815 in Tampines avenue 4. His injuries were consistent with that of a fall from a height.
He lived with his family, which consists of his parents, grandmother and 12 year old brother in a five room flat on the ninth floor.
Is this another case of a mother acting out of desperation, similar to Rebecca Loh, the mother forced in desperation to push her 9 year old special needs son to his death?
In Singapore, there is very little support for families who fall through the cracks. When children are born with disabilities, it is very difficult for their parents to get adequate support and this can put a lot of financial pressure on the families in Singapore where stress levels are alraedy very high.
In other developed nations, people wil disabilities can receive sufficient welfare payments from the government so the burden of raising a special needs child is not so heavy.
Is it time for Singapore to introduce more support for the disabled?
The mother must be too stressed out. There should be more help from the govt to take care of disabled and sick children. Some can't even talk, bathe, eat and dress themselves. Recently I watched one repeat show about an elderly couple taking care of their sick 26 or 27 year old daughter, who has become spastic and/or epileptic due to brain infection at age 21. So difficult to look after and they are ageing and incurred debts. No help from govt for such cases. Shame on PAP.
