Parents get life sentence for scalding five-year-old son to death

Azlin Arujunah and her husband Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, had splashed hot water on the boy on four occasions in 2016. - COURT DOCUMENTS, FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The parents of a five-year-old boy who repeatedly splashed hot water on him until he died from his injuries were each sentenced to life imprisonment, after the mother avoided the death penalty on Tuesday (Oct 18).

Azlin Arujunah and her husband Ridzuan Mega Abdul Rahman, both 30, had splashed hot water on the boy on four occasions in 2016, at their one-room flat in Toa Payoh.