My stomach is growling now as i only ate an apple and one pineapple pie tart for dinner. I'm on a diet.
Coincidentally, I am watching an episode of the docu-drama "In Cold Blood II" on Channel 5 which told the compelling story of how a 10-year-old boy, when deprived of food by his foster family, had stolen food from the kitchen, and was abused by his grand aunt and her three daughters.
The boy endured two years of abuse from 2009 to 2011. Channel News Asia reported the story here.
Past episodes of "In Cold Blood II" can also be viewed at Xin.MSN but this particular episode is not yet on the website at time of writing.
In the episode, the grand aunt was depicted as adoring the boy when he first came to stay with the family after his mother was sentenced to jail. The identity of the boy's father was not known. However things turned ugly when the grand aunt found out that her husband was seeing another woman. The family also faced financial problems.
Like an angry mob, the mother and her daughters vented their frustrations on the boy whose stomach, too, must have been growling like mine, and had sneaked into the kitchen for some food.
With divine intervention, the boy's ordeal came to an end when he managed to escape from the house and met a samaritan. Sadly, the boy's face had been disfigured from the abuses.
The family have been been sentenced to jail. Sweet retribution.
What have I learnt from this story?
1. Watch your anger. Don't let it mess your mind.
2. Don't mess with someone's spouse. It might drive the wife (in this story) insane.
3. Be a good neighbour. If you suspect any kind of abuse whether it involves woman, child
or pet in your neighbourhood, report it to the relevant authorities.
I saw the video at Xin.MSN already. Horrific!
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