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STOCKHOLM: The Solna district court today heard how Ammar, the 12-year-old son of Tourism Malaysia officer Azizul Raheem Awalludin and his wife Shalwati Norshal, charged with multiple counts of assaulting their four children, was apprehensive about giving evidence in an interview for fear of losing his parent's love.
At the beginning of the one-and-half hours video clip of the interview conducted by a policewoman with an interpreter, Ammar, the second child of the pair, was seen nervous and anxious.
“I predict after this my parents wouldn't love me,” he said, referring to the interview about his relationship with his parents.
Ammar's oral evidence came after his youngest brother's video clip on the second day of the hearing today.
In contrast to his more relaxed younger brother, Ammar looked bothered and concerned in detailing his relationship with his parents and incidents that led them to be placed under the care of a Swedish foster family.
In the clip, Ammar related that the day was a bad day for him at school as he had a lot of homework and had a fall, suffering a bruise.
He said when at home, he was listening to the music when he heard his mother's footsteps on the stairs.
“My mum asked me to do my homework. I was just listening to music,” he said, adding that his mother had slapped him as he had turned up the volume a bit loud.
He said his mother hit him with a plastic hanger and when he went to his room, his mother slammed the door shut.
He said that he didn't want his mother to shut the door as he was afraid of monsters.
Ammar also showed where his mother hit him (at the back of the shoulders, his arms, legs) and smacked his head. He also demonstrated how he shielded his face with his hands.
After the incident, which happened on a Thursday, Ammar said he went to school and his teacher asked him what had happened to him.
“I told her (his teacher) what happened,” he said, adding that he had also told his friends about the incident.
As a result of the beating with the hanger, he said “it hurt me bad.”
He also said the back of his shoulders looked red.
On his relationship with his father, Ammar said that during a drive to school, he was rocking the car seat when his sister Aisyah hit him to tell him to stop.
His father who was driving, he said, swung his arms and hit him on his shoulder.
He said: “I felt like bruises and I leaned my head on my shoulder. It hurt badly. It felt like the bone was breaking. But, it did not break. I held it and kept it together.”
Ammar continued relating incidents when he was hit by his father and he fell to the floor. He said although he said he was sorry, his father slapped him, causing him to fall to the floor.
“He asked me to sit in the corner and stay there until he returned home from work.
"I was so hungry. My mom was upstairs and I was downstairs. I was scared to go and eat. I was also scared that she might come down and hit me."
Hearing continues.
Source - NST Online
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