Stepfather, mother face raps for death of 8-year-old son in Pasig —police

The stepfather and the mother of the eight-year-old boy who died in Pasig City are facing charges for the incident, according to Oscar Oida’s report on “24 Oras”.

Based on initial reports, police said the boy's stepfather rushed him to the hospital on Friday afternoon after he was found unconscious at around 2:55 p.m. Both the child’s mother and stepfather admitted to hitting him with slippers as a way of disciplining him for failing to finish his school modules.

“Iyong kanyang leksyon sa pag-aaral so hindi na raw niya nako-comply, itong mga pinapasagutan sa school. Marami raw beses na hindi sumusunod, pinapayuhan siya na gawin kung ano man yung pinapagawa sa school. Hindi niya natutupad,” Police Lieutenant Joel Sison of Pasig City Police said.

(He reportedly fails to comply with the modules. He had also repeatedly refused to listen to them, especially while doing his school work.)

The autopsy report, however, showed the victim died of blunt traumatic injury. This means a hard object was used to hit the child, Sison said.

“Ang inaalam natin dito, kasi kung yung trauma yung ano... malamang ito ay may it's either hard object na pwedeng pinampalo dito sa bata pero under investigation pa po,” he said.

(What we’re looking into is if the death is caused by trauma… it’s either a hard object was used to hit him. This is still under investigation.)

The two suspects are now under police custody. The victim’s stepfather was charged with homicide while his mother, with parricide.

The boy's body will be claimed by his grandmother, the report said.

“Pwede naman tayo magdisiplina dahil kailangan po nila yan pero dapat i-consider natin kung hanggang saan lang ang limit natin na kagaya nyan pagpaparusa sa bata. Hindi po yan advisable na kailangang saktan ang bata para madisiplina ito,” Sison said.

(We can discipline them but it should have limits. It’s not advisable to hurt kids to be disciplined.)

GMA News reached out to the suspects but they refused to give their statements.—Sundy Locus/LDF, GMA News