{
  "id": 13886223,
  "title": "‘You want the baby to die?’: Parents convicted of abusing their 8-month old son to death",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/you-want-the-baby-to-die-parents-convicted-of-abusing-their-8-month",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T05:54:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times",
    "slug": "straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/you-want-the-baby-to-die-parents-convicted-of-abusing-their-8-month-old-son-to-death"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Singapore, a married couple, Chloe Gan Ci Xuan and Neo Jia Ming, pleaded guilty to abusing their eight-month-old son, Trevor Neo Yu Hin, who died in 2024. The couple habitually tortured the infant for most of his life before his death. Judge Hoo Sheau Peng noted that the couple treated the abuse of their son as a \"joke, a laughing matter\". Gan suffocated her son, hit his face, and flipped him onto his face on the mattress on the night of September 1, 2024, causing his death. Neo knew about the abuse but did nothing to protect the child. Gan pleaded guilty to three charges, while Neo pleaded guilty to four charges. Prosecutors are seeking 14 to 15 years' jail for Gan, and 15 to 16 years' jail for Neo.",
  "summary": "The married couple joked about the effects the violent shaking could have on their son, like him suffering from brain damage.",
  "key_points": [
    "Chloe Gan and Neo Jia Ming convicted of abusing 8-month-old son Trevor",
    "Gan suffocated, hit, and flipped son, causing his death on September 1, 2024",
    "Neo knew of abuse but did nothing to protect the child"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The guilty pleas from both parents highlight a profound failure of domestic protection that turned a child's home into a site of habitual and fatal physical violence.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}