A sheriff’s judge has been investigating the death of a baby that resulted in a person being charged in court, with the investigating official claiming that the parents gave contradictory records of what transpired before the baby died.
This scenario is not subject to a joke order.
Nur Misha Syaifa Mustaqim, a two-month old, was taken to a Bukit Batok one-room rented apartment and later declared deceased by ambulances on December 3, 2022.
Media reports in May last month stated that her father, Mustaqim Rosli, next 31 years old, was charged with causing the mother’s dying by suffocating her.
However, in a coroner’s inquiry that opened on Tuesday ( Aug 27 ), the investigating officer said this version of events was put forward by the baby’s mother.
The family has since refuted this claim, saying that she had said it because she felt loss and was concerned for the family.
INVESTIGATOR’S Record
On Tuesday, the lead investigating officer on the case, Deputy Superintendent of Police ( DSP) Tan Boon Kok shared his investigation report with the coroner’s court.
Around 1.05 am on December 3, 2022, doctors arrived at the flat, and Nur Misha’s family opened the door to let them in.
The child was lying on the couch while her father, a telephone operator, performed a CPR on her.
The father, who claimed he had found his daughter blue and hardly breathing at around 10 o’clock on December 2, 2022, was the one who took over and spoke to the paramedics.
He claimed that he had abandoned her because he believed she was sleeping. Nevertheless, he realised days after, on Dec 3, that she was not breathe and called for an ambulance.
The child was unresponsive when paramedics arrived and later died.
According to DSP Tan, her father gave conflicting explanations as to why he took so long to contact the authorities.
When the officers arrived, the situation was handed over to them. Mustaqim was interviewed by the police, but he was unable to provide a reliable account of the events.
What he claimed was also inconsistent with the cover block’s police surveillance images, so the case was turned over to the Singapore Police Force’s Criminal Investigation Department.
The flat was observed to be well-furnished, with two fridges stocked with food and beverages for the home, which comprised the pair, their other children and the child.
There were no symptoms to indicate neglect, and the smooth was observed to remain peaceful. After leaving Nur Misha’s maternal grandparents ‘ house, the family moved back to the house and spent about two months there.
THE MOTHER’S Bill
DSP Tan examined the consideration that Nur Misha’s mother gave regarding what transpired that day.
At about 7.30pm on Dec 2, 2022, she was apartment with her father, the child and their two older kids.
She described carrying out different errands, changing her baby, and feeding the baby.
She claimed that Nur Misha put her in a vulnerable place rather than a recumbent one because he woke up because he had been crying. When one’s mouth and stomach are facing up, one is in a recumbent position.
This alarmed the family, who asked her husband why he did that. She claims that a disagreement broke out between them and that they began swearing at one another.
Nur Misha was placed on her before, but according to her husband, she attempted to put the baby in a vulnerable position.
After the girl stopped crying, her mother checked whether she was breathing before snoozing off in frustration. She claimed that her father was still present.
Nur Misha’s family afterwards woke up to the sound of locks rattling, which she recognised as her kids trying to go to their neighbour’s house to play.
She then saw that Nur Misha’s face and lips were orange. She claimed she tried to awaken the child while shouting at her father to light up.
The household gathered and cried when she afterwards informed her older children that her sister had passed away.
She claimed that her father was discussing what to tell the police with himself and that he had also spoken to her about what to tell the police and ambulances, but she was not speaking up because she was so distraught.
Her father finally called for an ambulance, and the controller instructed him to do CPR.
When the officers arrived, they interviewed Nur Misha’s family, who gave two versions of events. Eventually, she claimed that both variations were false.
According to one edition, she had woken up and witnessed her husband bolstering Nur Misha’s face until the child was indifferent.
THE FATHER’S ACCOUNT ,
According to DSP Tan, Mustaqim’s version of events stated that he was home with his wife and kids.
His partner fed and changed Nur Misha’s baby that night. The girl started crying around 8 o’clock, but he placed the girl on her before because he thought she was “tired of sleeping on her back.”
He therefore gently patted her until the newborn snoozed and his wife checked whether the baby was breathing. He claimed he was exhausted and asked his wife to take care of the child before putting the baby to sleep by lying mouth up in front of the mirror.
He woke his wife up at midnight when he heard his brother playing around.  , He finally turned on the lighting and saw Nur Misha lying on her entrance, with her face white.  ,
He called 995 after noticing she was breathing and could n’t stop him.
When the officers interviewed him, he claimed that he had been sleeping when his wife, who claimed that his right hand was blocking the mother’s head, woke him up.
He afterwards acknowledged that this series of events did not occur.
An examination of the girl found that she appeared to be a “well-nourished infant”, with no accidents or bleeding. Her cause of death was never ascertained.
DSP Tan claimed that Nur Misha’s kids gave various interpretations of the events that led to the child’s identification. Additionally, they had different opinions about the mother’s last resting place.
The kids ‘ initial discovery of her in an indifferent state cannot be confirmed or verified by studies.
However, the authorities said they do not suspect foul play, as studies showed no sign of ill-treatment, neglect or misuse of the child.
The kid was given food, clothes, medicine and toys, as well as all her important milestone inoculations.  ,
Adam Nakhoda, the state coroner, ordered the case adjourned and said he would take some time to create more in-depth conclusions.
Nur Misha’s parents and a person who presented herself to the press as Nur Misha’s mother attended the reading.
She had been referred to as Nur Misha’s uncle by the coroner in open judge.
When asked by CNA if Mustaqim’s court situation was still pending, she said it was and that she wanted to divorced him.
CNA has contacted the Attorney-General’s Chambers ( AGC ) on whether there has been any update to Mustaqim’s court case.