Sunday
April 22, 2012
KUALA TERENGGANU: A
two-year-old boy slipped into a coma after his mother’s boyfriend allegedly
slapped him hard in the face repeatedly. Mohd Danish Aiman was
playing in the 31-year-old man’s house in Kampung Tualang, Manir at about 9pm
on Friday. The man became angry with the boy and slapped him until he lost
consciousness.
The boy’s 22-year-old
mother was at the man’s home at that time. The woman, who is in the
process of getting a divorce from her husband, had apparently been staying at
the man’s home with her son for the past three months. The boy, who was
described as “hyperactive”, was rushed to the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital for treatment but he slipped into a coma after admission. A family member, who
declined to be identified, said he found out about the incident when the boy’s
mother asked for help to send him to the hospital.
“The boy looked very
weak and unconscious when he was brought to the hospital. His mother’s
boyfriend left the house soon after the incident,” he said. The woman has since
lodged a police report that her son was assaulted. Terengganu CID chief
Asst Comm K. Manoharan said police were looking for the suspect.
“We expect to detain him
soon as he may be hiding in a friend’s house in the area,” he said, adding that
the case has been classified as child abuse under Section 31 (1) (a) of the
Child Act 2001.
Sources:
The Star online
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