Was reading The Sun (free newspaper) this morning, and splashed across the front page was this headline " Abused toddler dies". Seriously a "downer" even before starting work. The story goes on to say that the 3yo toddler had a FRAIL body, which had more than 50 fresh and old BRUISES. OMG! Honestly, WHAT did the child do to deserve such treatment??
Reading more, doctors who examined Lee Swee Hui's body after pronouncing her death discovered that she had serious injuries on her forehead and fractures to her skull. Quelle horreur! WTF! That's a horrible way to die - haemorrhaging to death, bleeding internally. The animals who did this to her ought to be shot, hung, drowned, trampled by horses, quartered, and fed to tigers.
Here's an old Christmas carol classic, which i remembered after reading the whole story.
A ray of hope flickers in the sky
A tiny star lights up way up high
All across the land dawns a brand new morn
This comes to pass when a child is born
Yes, everything changes with the arrival of a newborn baby. Mostly, for the better. An innocent God-given life, ready to live this challenging life.
But sadly for Lee Swee Hui, her candle was snuffed out untimely. Way way way before she even had a chance to properly enjoy her childhood. RIP, Lee Swee Hui. You're in a far off better place right now. Without pain and fear.
Somehow, i feel that this sad story will repeat itself, with another young victim dying unnecessarily. Maybe compulsory parenting counselling during the pregnancy period and neo-natal stage would be wise to implement, just to make sure that this tragedy will not happen again. There's been 2 cases prior to this, involving another 3yo girl and a 18 months old baby. Either way, justice will be served eventually. And i'm all the more thankful that my parents did not abuse me.
And that's my rant done and over. Back to normal programming, folks!
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