{"id":92625,"date":"2026-10-13T17:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T09:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=92625"},"modified":"2026-10-13T17:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T09:08:16","slug":"woman-charged-with-biting-shaking-choking-5-month-old-boy-over-several-days-in-punggol-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=92625","title":{"rendered":"Woman charged with biting, shaking, choking 5-month-old boy over several days in Punggol flat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary article-summary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 <!-- -->A woman allegedly ill-treated a five-month-old baby boy multiple times between April 2 and 19 by biting, shaking, choking and hitting him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Lai Yi Phyo, 24, a Myanmar national, was handed a child abuse charge on Oct 13, and is accused of repeatedly ill-treating the boy in a Punggol flat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">According to court documents, she allegedly violently and repeatedly shook the child on April 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">She is also accused of hitting his head, pinching his cheek and choking him that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">She allegedly repeatedly hit the child\u2019s head two days later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On April 7, <!-- -->Lai Yi Phyo<!-- --> purportedly shook him violently, pressed his arms against his chest, and repeatedly slapped him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">She is accused of shaking the child again on April 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">She also allegedly slapped him, and forcefully pushed a pacifier into his mouth that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">She purportedly shook the child, repeatedly hit his forehead, flung him onto a bed, forcefully pushed a pacifier into his mouth, and repeatedly slapped him on April 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">She is accused of forcefully shoving a pacifier into his mouth, and repeatedly pushing his leg the next day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On April 15, she allegedly bit the baby\u2019s torso and waist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">She purportedly shook the child and threw him onto a bed on April 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Lai Yi Phyo is also accused of forcefully pushing a pacifier into his mouth, and repeatedly hitting him on his head, back, and leg that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On April 19, she allegedly slapped the infant multiple times, threw him onto the bed, twisted his head, ear, and legs, and shook him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">She was also said to have pinched his cheek and bitten his elbow that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Court documents did not disclose the baby\u2019s current condition, and how she was linked to him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">She is expected to plead guilty on Nov 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">For ill-treating a child, an offender can be jailed for up to eight years, fined up to $8,000, or both.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">This was the second child abuse case in court this week involving a baby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In an unrelated case, a young married couple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/you-want-the-baby-to-die-parents-convicted-of-abusing-their-8-month-old-son-to-death?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\">pleaded guilty on Oct 12<\/span><\/a> for abusing their eight-month-old infant, Trevor,\u00a0for most of his life before he died in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The mother, Chloe Gan Ci Xuan, 23, and the father, Neo Jia Ming, 27, will be sentenced on Oct 21.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/woman-charged-with-biting-shaking-choking-5-month-old-boy-over-several-days-in-punggol-flat\" target=\"_blank\" 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