Tan Kwan Hong, a 37-year-old tutor and business owner, was charged on May 13 with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to an eight-year-old boy in Singapore. The boy was one of Tan’s pupils, according to court documents and police reports [1, 2, 3].
The alleged assault occurred at about 7 p.m. on January 30 inside a property on Thomson Road. Tan is accused of shoving the child, resulting in a fracture to the boy’s left forearm and an abrasion to his lower lip [1, 2, 3]. Authorities have imposed a gag order to protect the identity of the juvenile victim [1, 2, 3].
Tan owns Strawberry Holdings, a company involved in event management, education, and strategy consulting [1, 2, 3]. The police and prosecution charged him under the statute covering injuries to children below 14 years old. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 12 years in prison, a fine of up to SGD 20,000, or both [1, 2, 3].
The case remains in the judicial process, with the next court mention scheduled for June 9 [1, 2, 3].
