STORY TO BE TOLD

A father who allegedly threw his baby boy from a height of 1.1m onto a bed, made his third appearance in court on Friday.

Francis Lim Kiat Hoe, 29, who was charged on Jan 7 with a rash act, also faces a second charge of threatening to throw the two-month-old baby down from a block of flats in Jurong, with intent to cause alarm and fear to his wife.

The alleged offences happened at around 9pm on Jan 5.

The case was adjourned to Feb 10 as the medical report on the baby is still not ready.

Source: The Straits Times

KUPANG, Indonesia (AFP) - A wild crocodile swallowed a 10-year-old girl while she played in a river with her father in eastern Indonesia, the second death in the same place in two months, a local official said on Friday.

The girl was swimming in Wailolong river on Thursday when the large crocodile suddenly appeared, swallowed her instantly and disappeared into the water, said Mr Viktor Mado Waton, Lembata district head in East Nusa Tenggara province.

'They only found the girl's clothes three hours after the incident, some 200m away from the attack site,' he said, adding that her family members were still trying to find the body.

'Her father saw this shocking scene as he was only 5m away in the water.' He said the father and the girl's teenage brother were hunting turtles in the river while she was playing.

Source: The Straits Times