Singapore jails Myanmar helper who punched, bit 101-year-old woman for ‘no reason’, and taped her mouth to stop her screams
- Aye Aye Aung, a 32-year-old Myanmar national, pleaded guilty to two counts of voluntarily causing hurt, and was sentenced to 20 weeks’ jail
- An emergency room examination revealed that the woman suffered bruises on her arms, chest, abdomen and thighs and had dried broken skin on her arm
Aye Aye Aung, a 32-year-old Myanmar national, had been caring for the victim, who is on a feeding tube, for about three years. She pleaded guilty on Thursday to two charges of voluntarily causing hurt.
On February 27, the 43-year-old granddaughter of the victim received a WhatsApp message from her aunt, who said that she would be sending videos capturing Aung physically assaulting the woman.
This included closed-circuit camera (CCTV) footage dated February 23 and February 27 this year. The footage of around half an hour from February 23 showed Aung punching and pressing the elderly woman’s face.
She also punched her in the stomach, which caused the woman to wail in pain, and tied her hands to the bed railings, Assistant Public Prosecutor Chye Jer Yuan told the court.
Aung punched the woman’s head and stepped on her legs, then slapped her leg while putting on the woman’s nappies.