In an effort to discipline his wife's son, this stepfather stepped beyond his boundaries and used excessive force against the seven-year-old boy whose misdeed was simply staying up past his bedtime.
The 36-year-old man has since been sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to ill-treating his stepson last year, while a second charge of child abuse involving his four-year-old stepdaughter was taken into consideration. Channel NewsAsia reports that he had slapped the girl and his wife as well.