A mother is being investigated by police in Malaysia after she chained her eight-year-old daughter to a lamp post as a punishment for playing truant from school.
Police called to the bizarre scene were told by the girl that her mother had chained her up for misbehaving.
She
also told officers that her mother was due to return soon to unlock
her,so police decided to wait rather than find someone who could free
the child.
And
when the mother turned up some 10 minutes later, she admitted chaining
her daughter as punishment because she often refused to go to school.
Shocked
motorists arriving at a car park in Kuala Lumpur gathered around the
distressed girl, who stood in embarrassment sucking her thumb, unable to
move because of the lock and chain around her right ankle.
She also appeared to be wearing her school uniform and beside her on the ground was her school bag and a bottle of water.
The
Star Newspaper of Malaysia said police ordered the mother to release
the child, before the pair were taken to a nearby police station to hear
their stories.
Assistant Police Commissioner Mohammad Azlin Sadari said: 'We established that it was the first time the girl was chained.
‘It was decided to let the mother go home with her daughter, warning her not to do it again.’
It
has not been revealed how long the girl had been chained to the pole or
whether she had in fact gone to school that day - the photo was taken
after school hours.
Commissioner Sadari warned that the mother was not completely free of punishment herself.
He
said officers were investigating the case under a local Child Act
dealing with neglect and exposure of a child to physical injury.
Shocking; Outrageous Mother chains her daughter to a lamp post and leaves her there as a punishment
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