{
  "id": 16856878,
  "title": "Singapore court fines behavioural therapist for hurting autistic boy who hit her",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/singapore-court-fines-behavioural-therapist-for-hurting-autistic-boy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T05:50:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3372397/singapore-court-fines-behavioural-therapist-hurting-autistic-boy-who-hit-her"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Singaporean behavioural therapist who was repeatedly hit in the face by a four-year-old boy with special needs grabbed his hand and dragged him off his chair and onto the floor. Tricia Lee Hsien, 29, was fined S$5,000 (US$3,900) by a court on Wednesday. She pleaded guilty to one charge of voluntarily causing hurt to a minor. The prosecution sought only a fine, saying this was an “exceptional…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}