SINGAPORE: A 44-year-old man was jailed for seven weeks on Monday for pushing a 10-year-old boy, causing a fracture in his ribs.Advertisement
He said the victim had been bullying Tan's son daily in front of other students, allegedly abusing him with vulgarities, including Hokkien words and cursing at his mother.Mr Wong said his client had gone to a teacher to report the bullying after hearing about it from his son,"but alas nothing concrete materialised from the reports".
It was at this time that the offence took place, said the defence. Tan was at the school that day to pick his son up when he spotted the victim walking out by chance. "That will be more intellectually honest. And rather than trying to divide the impact of the fracture I urge the court to consider - what is aggravating. This is a case when we have an adult taking advantage of a vulnerable victim."
"I think we also know that for 10-year-old children, bullying and disputes do happen and that has to be dealt with according to a certain framework," said the judge.
And the finale is that the 'bully' will mock his victim and humiliate the boy that he has put his father in jail. The son of the man will then be forced to change school and hate the system which created him.