Police Conducting Review on Alleged Abuse of Young Child with Autism by Therapist

A man aggressively holding a boy by his shoulders next to a bed. Photo from Channel News Asia

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Police Force on Friday (Jul 3) said it was aware of an online post accusing an applied behavioural analysis therapist of abusing a young child with autism, and that a review is being conducted.

The boy’s mother had posted two videos on her Facebook page on Tuesday showing closed circuit television camera footage (CCTV) of the therapy session, alleging that her son was physically abused.

Police said the child’s father lodged a report on Mar 29, 2019 at about 11.30pm.

 

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