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A 39-year-old woman was detained under the Mental Health Act yesterday (May 12) after a fight broke out between her and her husband, resulting in a smashed ashtray and injuries sustained by both parties.
The incident took place in the early morning hours in Block 207C, Punggol Place, police told AsiaOne.
A reporter from Lianhe Wanbao noted that blood splattered on the walls and floor outside the floor, as well as inside the unit’s living room. There was also a bloodstained white T-shirt on the scene.
A neighbor told the Chinese night every day that they began to hear noises from an argument coming from the couple’s apartment around midnight.
[[nid:485431]]Another resident recounted how the couple’s screams and a child’s cry woke her up. He opened the door and saw policemen standing outside.
She said, “I could only see a woman sitting on the ground saying, ‘I didn’t hit him, I didn’t hit him.'”
It was believed that during the couple’s discussion, someone had broken an ashtray, injuring both of them. However, they refused to be taken to the hospital.
Before the circuit breaker began on April 7, Minister of Social and Family Development Desmond Lee said in Parliament that he noted a trend in “higher rates of domestic violence, domestic disputes and family friction” in countries that movement restrictions had been imposed.
[[nid:482281]]On April 23, the ministry noted a 14 percent increase in consultations related to domestic violence and conflict compared to the previous two weeks. Meanwhile, Family Violence Specialist Centers and PAVE Integrated Services for Individual and Family Protection experienced a 37% increase.
The working group on family violence, co-chaired by Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs Sun Xueling and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development, Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, has increased support for victims of family violence when their cases enter in criminal justice. system.
Associate Professor Faishal added: “During this period of circuit disruption, we can and will continue to collectively help families manage stress so that family conflict does not turn into violence.”
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