Three weeks’ jail for man in Singapore who assaulted his nine-year-old son with two umbrellas and a cane

SINGAPORE: A man who disciplined his nine-year-old son by hitting him several times with two umbrellas and a cane was sentenced to three weeks’ jail on Jan 29. The 45-year-old man committed the offence after his wife suspected the boy had stolen $50 during a birthday party. He also used the cane to hit her when she...