The elderly woman receiving a slap from one of the two watching women outside a HDB flat at Lower Delta Road. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM FACEBOOK VIDEO
SINGAPORE — In the latest twist surrounding a viral video that showed an elderly woman allegedly being abused by her daughter outside their Lower Delta Road flat, their neighbor was arrested and charged on Friday in court.
Darwinder Singh, 39, stands accused of abetting his next-door neighbor Siti Nur Redha Khamis, 25, in feeding her mother Kamisah Burel, 58, with human feces and urine.
He has been remanded by the police for a week in order to conduct raids and help with investigations into other possible offences, which a police prosecutor said could have taken place over a long time.
Addressing the court, Singh said he had told Siti to feed her mother the faeces only once, but that she had done it everyday.
He maintained that Siti had been out of work for eight months, and that he had tried to support her. “I pawned my jewellery. I sold my handphone and laptop for her.
“She’s accused me of a lot of things.”
He added that his mother, Asha, had nobody to depend on but him, and that they both had medical conditions.
Singh had earlier furnished The New Paper with photos that he claimed to have secretly snapped of the alleged abuse.
The photos seemed to show Kamisah being beaten with brooms, having her hair pulled, and stepped on.
The alleged abuse made waves online after another neighbor,Mohammad Juani, 25, posted a video on Facebook of Kamisah being slapped outside her flat by Siti.
Singh will next appear in court next Friday.
If convicted, he faces up to seven years in jail, a fine, caning, or any combination of the above.