http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_384803.html?vgnmr=1
BABY boy drowned in a pail of water at home while his mother was asleep and his father was out looking for a job.
Adrian Ong Jun Wei, who was five days short of his first birthday, was found with his head submerged in a pail of water in the toilet by his father, Mr William Ong Hui Shang, 27, at his one-room flat in Block 4 Beach Road on May 7 last year.
The child's mother, Ms Tan Siew Kim, 20, had gone clubbing with her friends the night before and returned at around 6am that day.
Her mother, Madam Ong Hong Lian, 54, left for work that morning. She usually returned home past 4pm but had gone out to buy something for the child's birthday.
Ms Tan was was still asleep at around 5pm when her boyfriend, Mr Ong, returned home.
When he could not find Adrian next to her, he called out his name and found his body submerged in a pink plastic pail in the toilet.
His head and upper part of his body were in the pail of water.
Mr Ong immediately carried Adrian out but he was pale and motionless.
He woke up his girlfriend and both took a cab to Raffles Hospital nearby where the baby was pronounced dead at about 6.30pm.
At a coroner's inquiry into his death on Tuesday, State Coroner Victor Yeo recorded a verdict of misadventure.
The couple, who have known each other since she was 13 or 14, have since separated after the incident.
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being the kaypoh, I couldnt help but feel sad..
misadventure maybe, BUT it could have been prevented.
i wonder.. are they together for the sake of the baby? without the baby, the mind will not hesitate anymore.
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