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"Guilty" Grassroots leaders visit flat of woman arrested over son's death

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MP for West Coast GRC S Iswaran

[For more background information about this incident please read THE STORY BEHIND THE MUM WHO KILLED HER 9 YEAR OLD SON]
 

Grassroots leaders have visited the flat of the woman who was arrested on Saturday for the suspected murder of her son.

The 31-year-old will be charged in court on Monday.

The nine-year-old boy was found unconscious at the foot of a block in West Coast Road.

He later died in hospital.

According to Channel News Asia, not much is known about the family, but neighbours said that an elderly woman - believed to be the grandmother - also lived in the flat.

They said the family kept mostly to themselves.

Nobody was home when grassroots leaders visited the flat on Sunday afternoon.

MP for West Coast GRC S Iswaran said helping the family will be an immediate priority.

He said: "I'm sure it is a time of great difficulty as well, for the family to cope with the loss. So what we will do is at the appropriate time, our grassroots leaders will reach out to the family to see if there's anything that can be done to help them from the perspective of the community." 

Shin Min Daily News reported that the mother had said that she was under tremendous stress and was at her wits’ end. 

Loh is currently under Psychiatric evaluation and is set to appear in court again on 24 June.

She faces the death penalty if convicted of murder. 
 

Did the grassroots visit the house because they felt guilty about not helping sooner? What do you think?

 


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