Baby drowns because mum is asleep after clubbing

[Cthulhu]

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11-month-old drowned while his mum slept

She was tired after a night of clubbing, father was out looking for job. -ST

Wed, Jun 03, 2009
The Straits Times

By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent

A TODDLER drowned in a pail of water at home while his young mother slept, tired out after a night of clubbing.

Adrian Ong Jun Wei's father was out looking for a job when it happened. The child's maternal grandmother was also out - picking a gift for her grandson's first birthday.

At yesterday's coroner's inquiry into the 11-month-old's death on May 7 last year, his father William Ong Hui Shang, 27, recounted how he had panicked when he got home and saw that his son was not on the mattress in the living room next to his girlfriend. She was still asleep.

 

[mercbenz]

Read this early this morning, found it strange for an 11 month old to meet with such a 'mishap', just start walking I believe. Something really wrong with both mother and grandma.

 

[Cthulhu]

I think the mum was too immature.

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Becoming a mother at 18 was tough

Women whose baby drowned in a pail whilst she was asleep recounts her difficulty at handling a child. -ST

Wed, Jun 03, 2009
The Straits Times

THE woman whose child drowned in a pail of water while she was asleep said she was 'very sad' about what happened.

But becoming a mother at the age of 18 was very difficult for her, said Ms Tan Siew Kim, now 20 and unemployed. She found it tough to let go of the lifestyle she led before becoming pregnant, and continued going clubbing almost every weekend.

The baby's father pleaded with her not to go and to stay home with their baby. But she could not 'abandon' her friends.

Kimberly Spykerman

 

[lonari]

When an Ah Lians needs to yo, she gotta yo.

 

[chingchong]

LOL, chinks

 

[mercbenz]

The baby's father pleaded with her not to go and to stay home with their baby. But she could not 'abandon' her friends.

Kimberly Spykerman

Wow, she sure is a good friend, I guess they (the friends) will stand by her now for being such a good friend, sleeping while her baby wander around the house and finally doing a greg luganis.

 

[SIFU]

LOL, chinks

ah neh no $ go clubbing..

they just get drunk by drinking kopitiam beer n throw the wives over the parapet.

 

[TeeKee]

why are u all surprised?

God gives and God taketh...when do you take care of it..