Woman charged with biting, shaking, choking 5-month-old boy over several days in Punggol flat女子被控在榜鹅公寓内连续数日咬伤、摇晃并掐住一名5个月大男婴的脖子
Lai Yi Phyo is accused of ill-treating the five-month-old infant multiple times between April 2 and 19. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Published Oct 13, 2026, 03:06 PM
Updated Oct 13, 2026, 03:06 PM
Lai Yi Phyo was charged with child abuse after allegedly ill-treating a five-month-old baby boy multiple times times between April 2 and 19 in a Punggol flat.
The Myanmar national allegedly bit, choked, shook, slapped and hit the infant.
She is expected to plead guilty on Nov 10.
SINGAPORE - 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.
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.
According to court documents, she allegedly violently and repeatedly shook the child on April 2.
She is also accused of hitting his head, pinching his cheek and choking him that day.
She allegedly repeatedly hit the child’s head two days later.
On April 7, Lai Yi Phyo purportedly shook him violently, pressed his arms against his chest, and repeatedly slapped him.
She is accused of shaking the child again on April 8.
She also allegedly slapped him, and forcefully pushed a pacifier into his mouth that day.
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.
She is accused of forcefully shoving a pacifier into his mouth, and repeatedly pushing his leg the next day.
On April 15, she allegedly bit the baby’s torso and waist.
She purportedly shook the child and threw him onto a bed on April 16.
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.
On April 19, she allegedly slapped the infant multiple times, threw him onto the bed, twisted his head, ear, and legs, and shook him.
She was also said to have pinched his cheek and bitten his elbow that day.
Court documents did not disclose the baby’s current condition, and how she was linked to him.
For ill-treating a child, an offender can be jailed for up to eight years, fined up to $8,000, or both.
This was the second child abuse case in court this week involving a baby.
In an unrelated case, a young married couple pleaded guilty on Oct 12 for abusing their eight-month-old infant, Trevor, for most of his life before he died in 2024.
The mother, Chloe Gan Ci Xuan, 23, and the father, Neo Jia Ming, 27, will be sentenced on Oct 21.
Shaffiq Alkhatib is The Straits Times’ court correspondent, covering mainly criminal cases heard at the State Courts.
Crimes against children/minors
发布于 2026 年 10 月 13 日下午 3:06
更新于2026年10月13日下午3:06
赖义漂被控虐待儿童，据称她在 4 月 2 日至 19 日期间，在榜鹅的一间组屋内多次虐待一名五个月大的男婴。
据称，这名缅甸籍男子对婴儿进行了撕咬、掐脖子、摇晃、掌掴和殴打。
她预计将于11月10日认罪。
新加坡——一名女子涉嫌在4月2日至19日期间多次虐待一名五个月大的男婴，包括咬、摇晃、掐脖子和殴打他。
24岁的缅甸籍男子赖义漂于10月13日被控虐待儿童，他被指控在榜鹅的一间公寓里多次虐待这名男孩。
根据法庭文件，她涉嫌于4月2日暴力且反复摇晃该儿童。
她还被指控当天打他的头、掐他的脸颊、掐他的脖子。
据称，两天后她又多次击打孩子的头部。
4月7日，赖义漂据称猛烈摇晃他，将他的手臂按在胸前，并反复扇他耳光。
她被指控于4月8日再次摇晃孩子。
据称，她当天还打了他一巴掌，并强行把奶嘴塞进他嘴里。
据称，4月13日，她摇晃孩子，反复击打孩子的额头，将孩子扔到床上，强行将奶嘴塞进孩子的嘴里，并反复打孩子的耳光。
她被指控强行将奶嘴塞进他嘴里，并在第二天反复推他的腿。
据称，4月15日，她咬了婴儿的躯干和腰部。
据称，4月16日，她摇晃孩子并将他扔到床上。
赖义漂还被指控强行将奶嘴塞进他嘴里，并在当天反复击打他的头部、背部和腿部。
据称，4月19日，她多次掌掴婴儿，将他扔到床上，扭他的头、耳朵和腿，并摇晃他。
据说那天她还捏了他的脸颊，咬了他的胳膊肘。
法庭文件没有披露婴儿目前的状况，也没有说明她与他之间的关系。
虐待儿童者，可被判处最高八年监禁，罚款最高 8000 美元，或两者并罚。
这是本周法庭审理的第二起涉及婴儿的虐童案件。
在另一起案件中，一对年轻夫妇于 10 月 12 日认罪，承认在他们八个月大的婴儿特雷弗去世前的大部分时间里虐待他。特雷弗于 2024 年去世。
母亲 Chloe Gan Ci Xuan（23 岁）和父亲 Neo Jia Ming（27 岁）将于 10 月 21 日被判刑。
沙菲克·阿尔哈提卜是《海峡时报》的法庭记者，主要报道国家法院审理的刑事案件。
侵害儿童/未成年人的犯罪