Father who abused 4-month-old son was arrested
On the evening of February 11, Chau Minh Tien, 24 years old, was arrested by the police for intentionally causing injury to his 4-month-old son, causing the baby to have a broken leg and a head injury.
According to Tien, on the evening of February 3rd, he took his son Chau Minh Khoi from his wife's family to his home in Long Phuoc Ward, District 9, Ho Chi Minh City to take care of him. After breastfeeding, he put the baby to sleep in a hammock.
Around 11pm, Khoi woke up crying. Tien could not calm him down so he got angry and slapped him. The child cried even more, he continued to hit him, jerking the hammock, causing Khoi to fall to the ground. Seeing his child injured, Tien was so scared that he called his father to take him to the emergency room.
The victim was determined to have 37% injuries.
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Ms. Tim with her son on the afternoon of February 6. Photo:Ha An. |
Khoi was taken to the hospital with multiple injuries to his legs and face. Tien told doctors that he had fallen while lying in a hammock. He had a broken leg but could not be operated on due to other injuries and a brain hemorrhage. The injuries suggested he had been abused, so doctors called the police.
According to Ms. Nguyen Hong Tim (20 years old, Khoi's mother), she and Tien have been living as husband and wife for about 2 years. Since Khoi was born, he has beaten the child many times, and she was beaten when she tried to stop him. Recently, the two sides had a conflict, so she took Khoi back to her mother's house.
That day, she went to work as a waitress at a pub in the Suoi Tien area, more than 10 km from home, and left Khoi with his grandmother to look after. After that, Tien picked up the child and went home.
Tien's father said that at first they were playing happily together, but about an hour later he came over and said "Khoi is about to die" and had to be taken to the hospital. Tim only found out about the incident after her son was admitted to the hospital.
