My letter on the
above matter is published today, Monday 27th Oct 2014 in The New
Paper, page 16.
What happened on an MRT train in full view of many
passengers was shocking, as reported in “Woman whacks boy with umbrella until
it breaks” (The New Paper, Oct 24).
Attempts should have been made to stop her because children
who are victims of verbal and physical abuse can suffer the psychological effects
later in life.
If the abuser is daring enough to beat the child in such a
way in public, I cannot imagine what is happening at home.
I find it disturbing that the other passengers did not seem
to have done much, other than record the episode on video. Couldn’t someone
have at least pressed the emergency button in the train to alert the MRT staff?
As rightly pointed out by SMRT’s vice-president Patrick
Nathan, commuters must take social responsibility to offer assistance in such
cases.
As active citizens, taking care of each other should be
part and parcel of our daily lives.
I hope the authorities will thoroughly investigate this
incident, and send the woman for counselling.
RAYMOND ANTHONY
FERNANDO
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