Woman arrested for allegedly hurting her child at Havelock mall
A 13-year-old girl was taken conscious to the National University Hospital.
On August 12, a 47-year-old woman was apprehended at Havelock Shopping Mall for allegedly inflicting harm upon her 13-year-old daughter. The Singapore Police Force and Singapore Civil Defence Force reported receiving alerts at 2:30 pm and 3:15 pm respectively on the same day. The injured girl was transported to National University Hospital, conscious, following the incident.
According to The Straits Times, the location of the occurrence was the Havelock 2 mall, identified by the authorities. The woman was charged with causing hurt to a person under 14, which, if found guilty, can result in imprisonment for up to three years, a fine of up to $5,000, or both. The police are still conducting investigations into the matter.
Initial information about the incident was shared in a Facebook post on a now-deleted Complaint Singapore group. The post, authored by a shop owner in the mall, detailed a mother striking her child in a public area, with a staff member from a nearby tuition center in attendance. The post noted that the situation escalated to the point an ambulance arrived, and the child was carried away on a stretcher.
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