By Shaffiq Alkhatib for The Straits Times
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A man was handed 31 charges of child abuse on Sept 19 after he allegedly ill-treated a baby boy on multiple occasions in 2024.
The 31-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the child’s identity, is accused of pushing the baby’s head into a pail of water for around six seconds and forcing a milk bottle filled with water into his mouth.
Court documents did not disclose how the pair are related to each other, and the baby was between nine and 11 months old at the time.
The man is also accused of choking the child multiple times and hanging him inside a cupboard by a hanger on the back of his singlet with the door closed.
The man is represented by lawyer Gino Hardial Singh, and his pre-trial conference will take place on Sept 29.
For each count of child abuse, an offender can be jailed for up to eight years and fined up to $8,000.
