Handcuffed mother's weeping farewell for four-year-old son who died after abuse


JOHOR BARU: The mother of a four-year-old boy, who died from suspected abuse while she was behind bars, was seen weeping at the haunting sight of her son’s lifeless body for the last time.

The woman, who is serving a jail sentence, was seen at the Sultan Ismail Hospital’s (HSI) Forensics Medicine Department at 2.15pm. She was handcuffed in purple prison garb and flanked by two prison officers.

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