Thanks for covering this story. My brother is also autistic with global developmental delay. It’s really hard for us especially for my parents to care and raise for him. The society is judgemental. Most of them gives you fake sympathy or outright tells us it’s a curse or a punishment from god. In most places there’s shortage of facilities or educational institutions for autistic children. In normal schools these children and their parents face harassment from children, teachers and other parents. My parents were also depressed when they learned about my brother’s condition but they never gave up. I dreamed of becoming a doctor and to open an institution or a NGO for autistic children so I channelled all the judgements, sufferings and negativity into hard work and finally I am studying MBBS 2nd year. No sufferings can justify or excuse the killing of the twin sons. Hope the society and the government can help these special children so that these types of cases are not repeated.
The world needs more compassionate and determined individuals like you. No one can fully understand the challenges unless they’ve experienced them firsthand, and your dedication to turning those challenges into a way to help others is remarkable!
Yes I see many parents of autistic kids are depressed. Even my own brother. After being depresed for 7 years now I see them smiling because they started meditation and forgiveness. Instead of feeling bad for themselves they decided they have to be happy for their child to be happy and it worked. Parents emotions affects young children. We can see the child is calmer and yes he has developmental delay and cant talk and have low IQ but it is easy to handle.
It will be easier for autistic children to thrive in an environment built for them and not to force them to fit into mainstream. I have friends in allied health and social workers who struggle to get the parents to accept their children are different and need a different education support.
I’m a single mom of a low functioning autistic Asian son who is nonverbal. His father pretty much walked away once it became clear our baby was delayed. I had no support or sympathy or help from government or school system in Japan. The stigma and shame on parents of disabled children is disgusting and barbaric. They are human beings with feelings, thoughts and have need for love and kindness like anyone else. This man was burnt out. I think all single parent caregivers have been there before. Not murder but the feeling of despair and no escape
Well, if your a single mom, and in Japan, you should look globally for a new home. I suggest Vietnam. They have programs for disabled, it's cheap, the babies fathers child support would cover most needs.
@Lola-lh1yg putting all of the burden on her husband, of course her husband's mental health is not stable. She has the audacity letting her scandal move into their family home. Ridiculous.
@@vickeyvamos8397 Audacity..her husband had the audacity of killing her children in cold blood and then pinning the blame on her...and you speak about her audacity. Do you know her personally? Aside from the distorted opinions and gossip from the family members of the murderer..did her family speak up and claim she was uncaring and unfeeling..did her friends? Most women don't have affairs easily, there was something already broken in their marriage and she was the one struggling with 2 special needs kids day and night, sitting with them in the school the whole day while the father could go to work and earn money. You guys are so effing caring about the poor father that was so concerned that his sons would not be cared by their mother...plenty of fathers out there doing it on their own plus the dude was not a poor guy who could not afford a few maids for his kids as a single dad. He could have taken care of his kids..he chose to let the fact that his wife was having an affair overshadow his life and he PUNISHED her for it by killing her children. And when he realised that she was not suffering enough..he opened his dirty mouth in public to paint her as a cheating whore. Only fools will believe such a despicable man who pre planned and bought an ice pick to kill his children and on top of that, was too effing of a coward to self exit despite murdering his sons.
I'm from Singapore, and I remember when this news came out there were mixed feelings about how it is so sad for the twins it is also so hard to blame the father 100% knowing how his wife was treating both him and the kids as well. things would've turned out so differently had the father felt that he was able to reach out for help b before it was too late.
I can't find sympathy for people that take the lives of children. Especially disabled/specific needs children that heavily rely on others to function. I have heard many cases like this but I rarely feel bad for the perpetrators. I saw another case yesterday on another channel about a woman that was struggling with pretty serious mental health concerns after a messy divorce after suffering under DV and continued harassment from her ex and she drowned her two young daughters and attempted to take her own life. But she survived. And then called for help. I can feel for what she's been through, but that sympathy stops the moment they harm a child or their partner or family or STRANGERS. Going through hardship is never an excuse to hurt others, let alone taking their life.
@@opheliamunroe1110 I'm also from Singapore. Would like to add on that his wife neglected their twins, and she was also reportedly unfaithful to him. Dad wanted to send his kids to a special needs school, but his wife had difficulty accepting their condition and actually enrolled them to a mainstream school. Why is nobody blaming the wife? Imagine having such an uncommunicative and bad team player wife like her, I too, would have done unspeakable things.
@@opheliamunroe1110its fantastic people of this day and age never bother to investigation causes of autism and if there possibly any cure ... They just simply take whatever medical specialists dished out for them.... and never bother to question where do specialists get the treatment protocol from... ( big pharmas)... Then again Kovid has shown how intelligent 99% of Singaporeans and 60% of global populations are
You are also a Singaporean... you set the culture aims and taboos. So you are a product of the ignore, distance, dispose of disabled children, babies and older adults. I taught English in Singapore, Korea and Japan, and seen it first hand. Funny thing Vietnam, vietnamese value children even if disabled.
@@opheliamunroe1110 its easy for us bystanders to say this, but have you placed yourself in the father's shoes? Taking care of 1 autistic child is hard enough, imagine having 2 and in a society like Singapore where development challenged people are still being ostracised.
@@DarkLight026She was their main caregiver their whole lives..and her husband said that she also faced emotional issues when looking after them..what do you think she should be charged for?
She have to be jailed for the rest of her life, I'm pissed and sad seeing this I have cousin that disability too but I'm lucky I have people that really real care for my cousin even my mother loving her like her own child
I feel like this comment section isn't hard enough on the mother's role in all of this. Neglect *is* a form of abuse, and infidelity is too an abuse of trust. What the father did was an unthinkable choice, but I can sympathize with his depression. What the mother did is disgusting and vile, especially showing no remorse afterwards. I hope her surviving daughter is cared for by someone else in her life.
@@lalapoo7110 it's called being stressed, overwhelmed, heart broken, he was pushed to a mental point that he shouldn't have been pushed to if his WIFE didn't start her shit.
"I can sympathize with his depression." My daughter is Autistic and has ADHD...she falls on the Extensive Supports Needs end of the spectrum. I am a special education teacher. I am depressed and my heart will never heal. I have NEVER once thought about harming my daughter. STOP MAKING EXCUSES!
I am a Singaporean and remember the story when it first came out. Everyone felt sympathy for the father given that his motive for killing his sons was "mercy killing", something which he felt horrible doing himself. What angered me the most about this case was how his wife and the mother of the two children reacted to her sons' deaths. Apparently not only did she not care whatsoever, but she also began throwing out her sons' belongings so her new partner (whom she had cheated on her husband with) could move in with her. That was unspeakably vile and infuriates me to no end. Parenting autistic children can be extremely taxing on your physical and mental health and having a cheating spouse to deal with on top of that doesn't help. As an autistic person myself, I doubt I'll ever have kids, knowing how hard it could be to raise them.
saw the title and I immediately recognised this case. Living in sg, i remember how heartbreaking it was reading this on social media 2 years ago, still feels so heavy listening to this, poor boys :( thank you for covering this case megan, hope you’ve been well !
As Singaporean and a mother of an autistic boy, although my boy only have mild autism. I can assured you it's tough, i can't imagine what he have been through. I am not defending him, killing someone is always wrong especially this is his own sons. But this could have been prevented if his wife was fully hands on too, and i heard these boys were bullied too. You wanted to have an affair that's none of any of us business but when you choose to abandoned your SONS that's the crime has started. YOU as their mother pay a huge role in this murdered! Yes I said THE MOTHER , she should have been arrested and face the punishment too. She's equally guilty! Rest in peace Ethen and Aston, this world is too cruel for you, heaven is your place boys!
His wife was fully hands on as the main caregiver..he wasnt. And the crime started when she had an affair..so should we lock up all the men in Singapore who have affairs and break up their families too? Interesting that as a mother, she is not expected to have feelings or needs or desires that men can have even if they father 10 kids.
This case hit a bit closer to home... My uncle has an autistic kid too, and I've seen him so distressed and heard him say some not-so-good things abt his kid and himself too... So, this case was a hard listen for me
Offer him babysitting or to take his kid for a few hours.. he most likely doesn't mean the things he says he is just overwhelmed and trying to signal he needs help. Definitely keep a watchful eye on the situation though please as autistic and disabled people are very vulnerable
@itsalwaysteatime3803 I do babysit him whenever my schedule permits. Also they have a full time live-in nanny, but he is very very active and his nanny is kinda old so she can't keep up with his energy. And my uncle isn't happy with the way she's with him. But yeah, I know he doesn't mean what he said, they're getting him all the help he needs too, speech therapy behavioural therapy, etc. Hopefully, it turns out better for them in the future. Thank u for ur kind words too❤️
@@ennanana7836ah I understand and it is very hard and he is probably worried what's Gona happen when he the uncle gets old. I know have have thought the same things with my kids on the spectrum.. What am I Gona do. When I get old? Maybe the boys school has some teachers or special needs assistants that want some extra work at the weekend they could help your uncle out. And your very good for babysitting.. Trust me that's really appreciated even if his head is too melted to remember to say it. My sons a funny beautiful smart kid but my god he has sooooo much energy and can go on a few hours sleep. He never stops moving and has no sence of danger. So you've constantly have to have your head on swivel and eyes on the back of your head.
@@itsalwaysteatime3803The way you described ur son, i thought u were describing my brother, never stops moving and has zero sense of danger. I'm sure he must be a lovely child ❤️ much love to u too, great mommy.
It's so sad that the father was so hands on and seemed to put his all into trying to support his sons, and yet his wife was so, so callous, abusive, and neglectful and yet she won't get any retribution for her role in creating this spiral of pain for the kids and Jyung.
What the boys went through with the mother was bad but she didn't murder hers sons. No child should be abused by any parent. The father murdered his own children. He could have sought help but he decided to murder his sons and it says a lot when he couldn't even kill himself properly after.
@@LinNeTule He was so hands on but he only started getting more involved in their lives when they started primary school..while the mum was the one dealing with them day in and out as a housewife and sitting in their class in primary school everyday..is the uncaring parent. Not the one who literally murdered one son..watched the life drain from him in 4 mins..then decided to continue on killing the second son..
@@azzyArcher22nope, she sits in cause they only allow one parent to do that. Since father working and maid not allowed, she has to do it. And she is the one who insist the kids should be sent to a mainstream school instead of special school totally ignoring their condition and,ability to fit in. On the day of the killing the kids were left at home witheir maid. Father came bck and couldnt find wife. Found out she was having a romp with her lover at hotel. Guess thats the trigger. Sad.
Nope, the mother sits in cause school only allow one parent to do so. Since father working and maid not allow, the mother have to do it. She is also the one who insist the kids be put in mainstream school instead of special disregarding their condition and disability to fit in. On that fateful day kids were left at home with maid. When father came home couldnt find his wife. It was reaveal in the chinese paper that the mother was having a romp with her lover in the hotel. Father knew it and probably thats the final straw. Sad. @@azzyArcher22
I have an autistic nephew who is in his early teens and my sister lives in Singapore. It is nice that the public were outraged and the grandmother speaking of fond memories, but unless you are the parent of an autistic child, you have NO clue how difficult it is to bring up a child with autism in Singapore. Firstly, it is very difficult to find quality help and medical assistance that rarely works or facilities that could truly support parents undergoing such hardship - and it is way too expensive. For example, one doctor's visit to someone who specialises in kids with special needs cost SGD $500. The violence that many autistic teens display on their parents when they hit puberty is also not for the faint hearted. People who so called care of all a sudden about the incident would be the first people to run away or would not bother helping if someone with an autistic kid asks for help. It is very convenient to take the high road and show sympathy after the fact, when indeed if so many people cared, then the father might not have resorted to this. The other horrible thing is, people use religion and all sorts of backwards superstition to judge parents with kids with special needs too. In a society with still such a poor understanding and support system for parents and kids with special needs, it is difficult for parents to stay sane. As some have mentioned in the comments - you also need both parents to be hands on. When the responsibilities fall onto one person, it takes an incredible amount of resilience to do this day after day. Finally, while it is easy to say that we bring kids into the world, hence it is our responsibility. True, but no one expects that their kids will be born with special needs. Having an autistic child changes your child in fundamental ways that one cannot imagine.
Hello from Greece. This is a very sad story. However, without justifying his crimes, we need to understand that they are also society's and culture's fault.
As a Singaporean, thank you for covering this case Megan! I currently volunteer for a group that provides fitness training for people with special needs and the parents are always so hands on, assisting the trainers and encouraging their kids. I really feel for the Dad and the twins and I hope every family will be able to get the help they need.
He's not a horrible dad, as it was clear he was the primary carer of the children, without support from anyone. It was also evident that he loved them. He just made a horrible choice because of his wrong outlook with the situation, and because of many factors that contributed to his horrible decision (his wife, little to no support from others, etc.). I do not condone the crime, he needs to be punished accordingly, but I understand where he's coming from. And the wife? Karma will come knocking at her door soon.
Nonsense he was a psychopath. No such thing as karma or some mystical cosmic justice. In fact people who believe in karma claim disabled children are being punished for sins of a previous life.
@@EVL-xj5vc Most ppl are showing him sympathy and condemming the woman who dared to have an affair..cause apparently if you are a father, its ok to cheat but if you are the mother ..its never ok.
Maybe because you live in a better enviroment. I felt the fathers pain. Seeing your kids being rejected by society over and over. Seing their pain and fearing that should something happen to you, your kids will be treated worse than any death. There are enough stories of abuse of neurodivergent kids. These killings were out of mercy. The society started caring about these kids only when they were dead. Did you catch how the kids were not allowed to go to school unless accompanied by someone who the family had to organise? Here no one of the government gave an f about those kids. My family is experiencing something similar in a so called developed country right now.
I am also mildly autistic, but I am glad that my mother did not give up on me, and overcame the stress of raising me, and my condition improved so much since childhood. She alone took care of me and my brother and it was not easy on her. Seeing news of parents killing their autistic children made me so sad for the children
I'm not sure about Singapore but Jung Houn would never be allowed to work with children in my country after being convicted of a homicide, especially against children. He should focus on working with the parents of children with disabilities, or making sure disabled children are taken care of upon the death of the parents. If he weren't overwhelmed and just divorced his wife, maybe the children would be alive and maybe could advise other parents to seek mental help and services to help manage overwhelm.
I have a friend who has autistic twins as well. She worked fulltime plus some side jobs. Her husband was let go. But also has side jobs. Im amaze and saluted for doing such amazing job. Because she tried to enrol those boys in a special school unfortunately theres no subsidy for both. One yes. But she needs to put both in. Thus earning extra income. She told me the boys will tend hit her and also hit each other or hit themselves, and when she sent them to the doctor, the doctor sometimes called for cops because they suspected she hit the boys. She endured for so long, unable to ask for help from government but thankfully she has strong family members who will go all means to help her. Or else, Im sure she will broke down and who knows what she will do.
She is autistic. It's hereditary. And we only make friends subconsciously with other autistics Her kids are hurting her as they are having trouble regulating their emotions. Probably because their role models are all masking (I'm talking about the mother and you) so therefore you are burying your emotions about not regulating them. Common autistic problem. The doctor doesn't believe her because she can't regulate her emotions when explaining to him, and probably sounds all over the place. The doctor understands the mother is causing it, but without her understanding her world for what it is, she can't explain herself. Use these words "they are struggling with self regulation, and so am i as a result" Ps autistics are superior,,,maybe I'm biased. Everyone I like I autistic. Lol It has nothing to do with iq or social ability. You can be a genius with lots of friends. Most celebrities are autistic. They mask like noone else. Mastered it. I Don mean to offend you. But if your friend is autistic, you are. If she is more like an acquaintance that you can't be yourself around, you might be a boring allistic ❤
Oh....ask Dr for behavioural psychotherapist or Occupational therapist. Both therapists deal with emotional regulation in their own way. They Don sit on a couch because there is no trauma to unpack. They do activities that might trigger emotional dysregulation and then work through ways of regulating it without hurting themselves or others. Or their xbox controller.....we aren't the type of people to seek revenge or hurt people for fun....but the first to throw a plate when we can't regulate our emotions. Only ever in the moment. Then unwilling to go there when we are feeling better incase we dysregulate again....
What i do not understand is why was everyone so shocked, he struggled with them, no one assisted him, so why are they so shocked etc, thats whats makes me mad, no one steps in to lend a hand, looking after 2 autistic kids is not joke, the mother threw them away and he at least looked after them, bugger the community, they can go fly kite, why had they not assisted him. Now that they heard what he did they shocked, oh bugger all of them, in life when you struggle no one even looks ypur way, but when theres a crime every has a mouthful to say, i know he has dont wrong but he should be pardoned. And given a lighter sentence, these day everyone only play with normal kids, when kids are mentally challenge they judged, curse etc. Its not fair
He did not look after them..she was their main caregiver..at least read the papers and get the facts right. Plus they had a maid to look after them as well. And you say that looking after 2 autistic kids is no joke..she was their caregiver her whole life..did her needs get met? Did anyone care about what she was going through?
@mcdongle8752 Honestly i am so disappointed in people that they want to turn the mother into the villian when its a case of a jilted husband who took his revenge out on his sons and then when his ego did not get satisfaction that their mother was crying and grieving them..trashed her in public.
I’m an autistic woman who became an aunt to twin girls recently. Sometimes there are days where I hear stories like this and wonder who I couldn’t be a normal, neurotypical person like everyone else. If the day those two girls and their older sister turn out to be autistic, I’ll do my best to help my sister with raising them, even if I’d have to stumble a lot along the way. I don’t want them to become like those two boys. At least the father showed remorse for what he did, the mother though is a monster. She just moved on with her life like it was nothing and threw away her son’s belongings. It says a lot about how she saw those two…
I'm a southeast asian girl student who wants to help out people someday by providing help and guidance as well as treatment for developmental disorders as I have them myself. I wish that things like this would never happen someday in the future, and I could make an impact to the world and give young boys and girls with developmental disorders a chance to live and shine. Thank you for this video!!! I hope they rest in peace : )
The title alone made my heart sink. I am a sister of two brothers who have developmental disabilities and I couldn’t imagine a world without them. May we all read, educate and understand autism and not choose to remain ignorant, shallow minded and selfish concerning it.
I am a Bangladeshi living in USA, I have an autistic 7 year old son and feel proud of him. My son loves me, his little progress makes me proud and I couldn’t imagine my life without him. As a Muslim, in my religion if Allah has decided to do something in your life trust his judgement, you need to be patient with his decision. You don’t know your future and Allah is the best planner.
I really hope that ex-wife receives karma and given shame for the rest of her natural life. she was the cause of all of this she saw her boys as a burden and abused them. And I feel if you have children that have a disability don't see it as a burden there are many programs in which these children can get the help they need.
I am a future SPED Teacher and at the same time a person with Autism. it broke my heart to see the boys perished in a horrible way. If only the parents understand what Autism is or take them to the occupational therapy for Intervention, none of this will happen. I can understand what the father had gone through but its not an issue to do that. I have an older brother who is a person with Autism too and we fight often, but never in my life would think about taking a life of someone. And the wife? I really hate her now so i hope she gets a retribution for what she did too someday. RIP to the twins😢❤
I can't hate the father to be very honest caring for 2 autistic children and your wife just leaving u and treating you badly he was helpless but what he did was wrong...the place where i live is so repulsive towards someone with any mental condition that i can't help but feel bad
Thank you, Megan, for sharing such a heart-wrenching yet important story. Your thorough research and compassionate delivery really highlight the struggles that families with children who have special needs face, while also emphasizing the need for better societal support. It's clear how much effort you put into ensuring that we understand the complexity of this tragedy-not just as a crime, but as a larger issue of mental health, societal stigma, and parental responsibility. The case of the Greenridge Crescent twins is a tragic reminder of how vital it is for societies to provide better support systems for both caregivers and individuals with developmental disabilities. Families should never feel isolated or burdened to the point where such a horrific act becomes a possibility. As you rightly pointed out, every child, no matter their challenges, has the right to live and thrive. I really appreciate how you balanced empathy for the struggles of both parents while also making it clear that violence is never the answer. Your storytelling serves as a powerful reminder that while progress has been made, there is still so much more work to be done in terms of societal awareness, mental health support, and creating inclusive environments. 감사합니다 for your dedication to bringing these important issues to light. Looking forward to your next video-your insights are always thought-provoking and incredibly valuable.
This is one of the most heartbreaking and tragic stories I’ve ever come across. It’s unimaginable to think of the pain and despair that led a father to such a devastating act. This case not only highlights the importance of mental health and support for caregivers but also serves as a wake-up call for society to step up and provide resources for families with special needs children. My heart goes out to those innocent boys and to anyone struggling silently under similar pressures. This tragedy should never be repeated.
My eldest son is autistic, I can not watch this. This is so evil. It's a sad thing that one's child is autistic but it brings so many joys too. They're different from normal people and it can be a blessing if you know how to handle it.
As an autistic myself, I think that we the autistic people should need our help, care and love and even nurture, and not neglect and isolation by normal people. Now is the time for you to act now with kind and outreach today!
My kid with mild Austims and non verbal.As a parents we need more patience especially mother . Currently my son showing some development and some times he show aggressive behaviour. We need to be patience and do some social work to lessen our karma. Recently we have another baby boy and my first born show some interest to interact with him. AUSTIC kids have good heart they will understand your pain. I have some beautiful memories where i hospitalized due to fever my austic kid never left me he sat beside my bed until i recovered
I am autistic and it’s sad sone people don’t understand. I even remember this case about how a father murdered his son because autistic and a hikkimori. He was afraid he would be a criminal like one. It’s sad.
I watch all of your uploads, but I can't bring myself to watch this one. My daughter is Autistic and has ADHD. I feel like watching it would enrage me. I would like to thank you, for shedding light on the abuse of the neurodivergent population! 💙 I hope your bundle of joy and you are doing well. Sending love from Southern California.
Trust me it will. I made the mistake of watching it. But I feel the fathers pain and don't blame him. I hope you have the luck of living somewhere where neurodivergent kids get support and are not treated like a nuisance and an outcast who does not deserve education and friends like other kids.
Hello Megan! I have an autistic son. We do lack support for developmental and mental disabilities here in the Philippines. What a horrible dad!! Thanks for covering this. 🙏🏼
This is absolutely devastating i don’t understand how the people can justify the father is disgusting. If he was so stressed and could not take care of them then give them away to institution how you can even think about killing your children. My son in autistic to is it hard YES it is but i can’t live a day without him and his smile we are working hard.
When I was born, there was a baby in the hospital who had been “left” there by his mum. He and I were both born with the same medical condition - the difference being that I had a mum and dad who wanted me. He was adopted by one of the nurses. It’s frightening to think what could’ve happened to either of us.
what a heartbreaking story that poor man and poor boys horrible situation .....surprised it doesn't happen more often tbh esp in locations where there are no systems of continuous support in place ...this happened on Spore .imagine poverty stricken countries....I hope we one day arrive to such a place where we can support all who need it .
That woman doesn’t deserve to be called a mother. Her actions have been cruel and thoughtless, especially when she got rid of her children's belongings as if they never mattered. She clearly didn't care for those boys, and they didn’t deserve to be treated that way.
I doubt he meant for his ice pick self-attack to succeed or to really be caught. I notice he didn't oppose his own defense. If the boys hadn't been disabled, it would be suspected that he'd killed them as a way to try to punish his wife's infidelity. Notice that when she didn't seem to be fazed, suddenly he needed to live to take care of his mother. Be very, very suspicious of people who claim they were killing a person with a disability out of mercy-- especially if the disability is more of a burden to the murderer than the victim.
I feel zero sympathy for the father. He used strangulation as the murder method, which is a horrific way to die, he would’ve seen the pain it was causing his first son, yet he was fully capable of doing it to his second son too. Strangulation isn’t quick, the attacker has ample time to reconsider their actions and to let their victim go. The father decided against letting go not once but twice, snuffing the life out of two defenceless little boys. The father initially acted out a plan to get away with murders his sons, staging himself as a victim of an attack, which shows that not only were these murders not actually apart of a genuine mental breakdown but also that this man was actively prioritising regaining his freedom above all else, even above the lives of his sons. The lengths he went to in order to obfuscate his guilt makes it very questionable if his later confession was really out of guilt or if it was just him switching to a sympathy-seeking tactic out of self preservation once he knew the police had pinned him as the real culprit. It’s truly enraging to me that he felt entitled to keep his life and to regain his freedom after murdering his sons, the utter audacity to cite a desire to be his mother’s caretaker as his reasoning when not wanting to be his son’s caretakers was the reason he took their lives! It really stood out to me how it was his wife moving on with her life that prompted him to do a 180 over not his claim of not being able to live with actions/desiring to be properly punished. It honestly made me a little suspicious if his real motivation for the murders was revenge for prior infidelity, only it didn’t hurt her as intended. But that’s just speculation, no one but him really knows the reason for his actions. Regardless, I am seeing waaaaay too many comments blatantly diminishing this man’s agency. The wife is guilty of infidelity, but she did not strangle those boys to death, the father is solely responsible for his decision to kill them. He’s the one everyone should be wishing for karma to catch up with! It’s concerning people seem more vexed over a woman’s infidelity than a man choosing to murder his two young autistic sons. I’d urge people to contemplate their gender-based biases as there’s immense cognitive dissonance in characterising her infidelity as an unforgivable act of callous cruelty deserving of punishment and not affording her the stress over having to raise two autistic sons/mental breakdown explanation for her actions, despite using those exact reasons to justify giving sympathy to a man who murdered his two autistic sons. Some comments even go as far as to completely take away any accountability from him and solely blaming the wife for their murders. No, cheating on her husband does not make her culpable for his decision to strangle those boys to death. There also seems to be a lack of discernment about the fact this description of his wife was given whilst he was trying to diminish his own culpability in murdering his sons, making it very plausible that he would intentionally disparage his wife to divert responsibility away from himself. You can’t trust his description of her (either as a spouse or as a mother) to be truly accurate in this context. Lastly, I can’t help but notice a lot of normalisation of murdering autistic children within many people’s comments. So much sympathy is being given to the murderer at the expense of sympathising with the victims he killed. There’s a big difference between murder/su*cides by a parent with autistic children vs a parent who murders their autistic children and tries to get away with it/live the rest of their life as a free man. The former showcases a parent truly at their breaking point and who is thusly deserving of some sympathy, but the latter showcases a parent who sees their child’s life as lesser than their own and who is willing to brutally snuff out the life of that child in order to live a stress free life, that is not deserving of sympathy.
"Lastly, I can’t help but notice a lot of normalisation of murdering autistic children within many people’s comments." It happens every time a parent kills their autistic child. Every. Time. Chilling AF. And yeah, the hyperfixation on her infidelity is also really telling.
Dude, I knew THE VERY SECOND that the children were revealed to be autistic that the public would go from being outraged that two children lost their lives to "oh well, the dad was super stressed IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE", IT WAS SO PREDICTABLE. I WAS THERE when everything came out, it was DISGUSTING how comments immediately sympathised with the literal life ender and going FULL out against the wife. I understanding that having to care for TWO children on the spectrum, ALONE, is NOT easy, and yes the audacity of wife to throw out all her sons' things out to make room for her new lover, but whether the public liked it or not, she may had been heartless, but she wasn't the one to commit the crime. People keep demanding for "her karma to come", but what about the one who DID THE CRIME? Dude was depressed, but he kept hopping between "I was off myself" and "no I wanna be spared", he wanted a quick way out of life, but the second he's found guilty and the rope looming over his head, he suddenly wanted to live??
This creature ended two of its sons and then it has the audacity to say it wants to care for autistics like I had to laugh he is gonna help the ppl he hates okay.....
It's laughable how some want to sympathise with him to the ends of the earth. Yes he was depressed, yes his struggles are understandable, but I'm sorry, who in their RIGHT MINDS would want to hire him to look after kids on the spectrum after he OFFED his own kids out of stress??? He had 12 YEARS of first hand experience, ended them in the most painful way possible (one had to watch his own twin SLOWLY lose his life before his very eyes), and decides "yeah I can take it on"??? NO, I AM NOT TRUSTING THIS DUDE WITH CHILDREN, PERIOD.
Listen. Everyone go through very stressful times, when it comes to like a disability kids who has a special needs. We cannot be all perfect or thinking about we wish that we could be perfect. But we got to learn to be patient for those who needs special treatments. It's going to take some lot of times to be patient. Tell who knows when they can manage for themselves. 🙏
No one should judge him. I’ve worked in a school for such children and I often witnessed parents that were mentally, physically and emotionally drained. He had two!
Sadly the killer father only serving 14 years in jail. I do not believe he has mental problem as he planned and staged the murder. Also I do not believe he has financial problem as he was able to hire 3 lawyers to represent him. If he can stay in Bukit Timah, he can support the boys by hiring professional to help. No excuse for killing his own sons!
my son has global delay he was badly abuse (almost murder) by a teacher when he was just 1 year old, it came out in the news. He cant talk and express himself bought him out to play in macdonald playground @ canberra plaza and as he cant talk, he expresses himself by throwing tantrum. Parent of the nearby kids will say "Don't play with this BLOODY no manners boy" which instantly broke my heart and left me sobbing. Those r the things that cause depression. i just hope ppl, before u say anything, u dunno what this boy went through, please even if u hate it alot just keep it inside u and dun say it out loud.
I did pay a visit to the site and offer a minute of silence for these twins. I still pray for their family including Xavier for his life. Deeply heartbreaking on all sides as this cases hits home.
My family is asian. My brother has severe autism and i know that there was a lot of hardship and shame. Since he had ran away breaking our windows , we finally were able to get help.
This is still unfortunately a problem for autistic children even here in the US. People here are still sympathizing with the murderers of children and infants as long as they are disabled in some way. It's really really bad.
I remember hearing a difference between how people in the US react to a crime against a disabled/on the spectrum person compared to Singapore. Read through comments about Lacey Fletcher's SLOW, agonising decline and death on the couch, and how rightfully disgusted and outraged the public were with her parents, and then you see how the public here reacted to the twins' deaths the SECOND they were revealed to be on the spectrum. Everyone went from disgusted to "omg I sympathise with the murderer, TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLY". It was not a swift death either! Their last moments involved one gasping for air and the other watching! I'm not saying looking after two children on the spectrum, ALONE, with little to no support is easy, not going to take his struggles away from him, but the second the murderer is depressed, holding them accountable flies out the window here! Everyone says "caregivers need more support" (ABSOLUTELY TRUE), while also never seeing the victims as human to begin with.
The truth of the reality is that no parent wants their child to be born “different”. Whether that be behavioral issues, a member of the LGBT, or deformed. However if that’s something that weighs heavy on you then you clearly shouldn’t have a child to begin with. It is unfair to the child to then have to have that burden and that guilt placed on them because of a parent’s superficiality of expectations. Now I also understand that a child who is born with mental development issues or has severe deformities take a tremendous amount of care and those parents who love their children regardless are literal angels. It’s just such a sad situation.
The mother should've been given equal prosecution. Eventhough she had no hand with the manslaughter, she was part of the stigma and has equal responsibilities. She shouldn't have left scott free in this.
I came from Singapore but living in Australia now. I worked in Disability support work for young people or adults with special needs and I can feel how much the struggles to care for kids with special needs. It’s is very mentally exhausting and distressing for the father. Sadly Singapore does not provide support or funding for special needs people hence its really an extreme burden for the parents or care takers to bear the burden to care for not just one but two autistic sons.
I am a Singapore living in the USA, we have two boys on the spectrum, it's tough. Level 1 and 2 but they are doing well and thriving at the age of 15 and 13. I wish they have school like they have back home.
My brother is severely mentally delayed w autism too. He is not able to do self care. He is not verbal. He has run away and hurt himself .lt took a whole community and social workers. It took him hurting himself and my teen years w ideas of committing suicide and taking him w me that caused them to flag us for help. He now is at a group home w one on. One care plus a day program. Thank god there is help. But often people dont have help and its a forever job. I feel for them from personal experience.
The mother give birth to twins with severe autism and then abandon the family to pursue a new life for herself. The father is the breadwinner and with those kids around for a lifetime his career and future prospects will be gone forever. In case people don't know yet Singapore is a very expensive and cold fast pace country to live in. He was in deep distress when he made the decision to end their misery. He love them very much but he simply cant cope by himself. He now live forever as the only one in his family forever mourning and missing his sons while living with hissin and guilt forever. Hes a good man.
Yes in Singapore that's how it is. I personally faced that with a school counselor and they nearly called the police on me? Why? Because the other students told lies about me. When I was teaching at a school, the principal targeted and autistic boy and all the children stayed away from him. Why? That's cruel
At the risk of sounding like I'm siding the murderer, managing 2 highly autistic children with very limited support is despair and no escape. When we use justice, we condemn the father. When we look at him with empathy, we know he's struggling alone. Social service agencies can only help so much. Fot parents, it helps if they accept the nature of their children and enroll them in a school built for them to thrive, and not to force them to fit into mainstream education. I have friends in allied health and social work who struggle to get the parents to accept their children are different and need a different education support.
My sister is autistic with developmental disabilities. This one was hard to listen to. Edit: I get that he was legitimately affected by depressive disorder so his sentence is justified but his reasoning just isn’t consistent with what I would expect given the circumstances. People who perform murder suicides often inflict themselves with far more grievous injuries than mere trivial damage (as assessed by the hospital). Also his “change of heart” upon learning his wife’s response tells me this wasn’t about his kids and was actually about his wife. He probably expected to get his wife back in all of the fervor if he was successful in blaming it on a random attack. But that’s just my unqualified interpretation. Parents who kill their kids out of depression would have drowned themselves in the water; it’s not all that hard. He didn’t even hurt himself in any significant manner. I feel for his depression; that can be very hard to deal with especially with children you are essentially raising yourself but I draw the line at murder. Especially when it doesn’t seem like he actually wanted to kill himself.
Thank you Megan for covering this case. I remember when the news broke, there was a lot of sadness over the loss of two innocent lives, and also pity towards the father. It's unimaginable the kind of mental strain he must be under and the utter isolation he felt that turned his mind towards this heinous course of action.
This is a more than just a heart wrenching case.he just given up on his twin boys because of their condition.as for the mother,she don't seems to be phased about her artistic twin boys.the father got his revelation for him crime.but the mother,down the line, she's gonna karma about showing no remorse about her murdered twin boys. What a complete tragedy.
Their bodies were found and they were given a proper funeral but people do not know how they died. Ive seen one theory say they were killed by stray bullets during a military training exercise that was held nearby and the gov covered it up. Poor boys, may they rest in peace.
Moral of the story: If you sense depression in someone or if you feel depressed yourself, don't keep mum. Seek at least some form of help before it escalates into something more serious. This is indeed one of the most disturbing murders Singapore has witnessed, all under the misguided belief that a spouse's issues would be put at ease. More cases from Singapore you could cover can include the Anthony Ler case (2001), Kallang body parts murder (2005, 2013) and the Kovan double murders (2013), a few cabby murders, to name a few in illustrating how unsolved or untold circumstances can lead to crime.
"a tanned-skinned man in his 40s" so he was basically wanting to put the blame on either a random malay/indian person, as well, what a coward. Horrible crime altogether with terrible parents, poor boys.
@user-zk6no3no3g Doesn't make it okay, but you very well damn know he's placing a blame on another race for this on top of the awful things he did to his sons. But stay ignorant I guess.
Your cases are often difficult to get through, but this one really upset me. That said, raising awareness of these issues is so very important, so thank you. While there is no excuse his actions, the poor guy was obviously completely overwhelmed by the burden of caring for the boys. So very sad.
Though the father is the murderer to the eye of law, for me both the mother & father equally are murderers of those children. If they were done with their kids, they could ask for help from outside sources including NGOs. Besides how a mother can move on so smoothly in her life after losing her kids who she gave birth to! The father who killed his own children, was even ready to die to reunite with his kids but the mother she moved on as if nothing happened. Still having a golden period with her lover! The kids unfortunately & mistakenly came to the wrong home via birth for which they paid price with their lives. That's why it's said, every child deserves parents but not everyone deserves children.
as Singaporean i have heard of the incident from news broadcast that a father murdered his twins diagnosed with Autism which is uncalled for the father could have gone for training on how to better take care of children with autism
My cousin is also autistic but we all treat him with love and care and my uncle and aunty love him very much i can't never imagine 😢😢some parents can be so devil .
I also have special needs and my father is the one who pays for everything that i need and my mother basically doesn't care about me anymore. But my father's side of the family is very caring and taking me in with open arms. I am now 19 and have little contact with my mum.
Thanks for covering this story. My brother is also autistic with global developmental delay. It’s really hard for us especially for my parents to care and raise for him. The society is judgemental. Most of them gives you fake sympathy or outright tells us it’s a curse or a punishment from god. In most places there’s shortage of facilities or educational institutions for autistic children. In normal schools these children and their parents face harassment from children, teachers and other parents. My parents were also depressed when they learned about my brother’s condition but they never gave up. I dreamed of becoming a doctor and to open an institution or a NGO for autistic children so I channelled all the judgements, sufferings and negativity into hard work and finally I am studying MBBS 2nd year. No sufferings can justify or excuse the killing of the twin sons. Hope the society and the government can help these special children so that these types of cases are not repeated.
The world needs more compassionate and determined individuals like you. No one can fully understand the challenges unless they’ve experienced them firsthand, and your dedication to turning those challenges into a way to help others is remarkable!
❤️I pray that you achieve this in life
Their sympathy is not fake. But you mistakenly expect empathy and that is what is not there.
Yes I see many parents of autistic kids are depressed. Even my own brother. After being depresed for 7 years now I see them smiling because they started meditation and forgiveness. Instead of feeling bad for themselves they decided they have to be happy for their child to be happy and it worked. Parents emotions affects young children. We can see the child is calmer and yes he has developmental delay and cant talk and have low IQ but it is easy to handle.
It will be easier for autistic children to thrive in an environment built for them and not to force them to fit into mainstream. I have friends in allied health and social workers who struggle to get the parents to accept their children are different and need a different education support.
I’m a single mom of a low functioning autistic Asian son who is nonverbal. His father pretty much walked away once it became clear our baby was delayed. I had no support or sympathy or help from government or school system in Japan. The stigma and shame on parents of disabled children is disgusting and barbaric. They are human beings with feelings, thoughts and have need for love and kindness like anyone else. This man was burnt out. I think all single parent caregivers have been there before. Not murder but the feeling of despair and no escape
Well, if your a single mom, and in Japan, you should look globally for a new home. I suggest Vietnam. They have programs for disabled, it's cheap, the babies fathers child support would cover most needs.
You said it right - despair and no escape.
You are why t, your son is not Asian !
Your son is not Asian !
Your son might be mixed but he is definitely not Asian! You are why t. So he is part why t if not fully why t
His wife should be held accountable too
100% agree if she hadn’t neglected and cheated on her husband I think non of this would have happened
@Lola-lh1yg putting all of the burden on her husband, of course her husband's mental health is not stable. She has the audacity letting her scandal move into their family home. Ridiculous.
Morally she's accountable but law only punishes criminals.😕
@EVL-xj5vc I never thought of it that way.
@@vickeyvamos8397 Audacity..her husband had the audacity of killing her children in cold blood and then pinning the blame on her...and you speak about her audacity.
Do you know her personally? Aside from the distorted opinions and gossip from the family members of the murderer..did her family speak up and claim she was uncaring and unfeeling..did her friends?
Most women don't have affairs easily, there was something already broken in their marriage and she was the one struggling with 2 special needs kids day and night, sitting with them in the school the whole day while the father could go to work and earn money.
You guys are so effing caring about the poor father that was so concerned that his sons would not be cared by their mother...plenty of fathers out there doing it on their own plus the dude was not a poor guy who could not afford a few maids for his kids as a single dad.
He could have taken care of his kids..he chose to let the fact that his wife was having an affair overshadow his life and he PUNISHED her for it by killing her children. And when he realised that she was not suffering enough..he opened his dirty mouth in public to paint her as a cheating whore.
Only fools will believe such a despicable man who pre planned and bought an ice pick to kill his children and on top of that, was too effing of a coward to self exit despite murdering his sons.
I'm from Singapore, and I remember when this news came out there were mixed feelings about how it is so sad for the twins it is also so hard to blame the father 100% knowing how his wife was treating both him and the kids as well. things would've turned out so differently had the father felt that he was able to reach out for help b before it was too late.
I can't find sympathy for people that take the lives of children. Especially disabled/specific needs children that heavily rely on others to function. I have heard many cases like this but I rarely feel bad for the perpetrators.
I saw another case yesterday on another channel about a woman that was struggling with pretty serious mental health concerns after a messy divorce after suffering under DV and continued harassment from her ex and she drowned her two young daughters and attempted to take her own life. But she survived. And then called for help. I can feel for what she's been through, but that sympathy stops the moment they harm a child or their partner or family or STRANGERS.
Going through hardship is never an excuse to hurt others, let alone taking their life.
@@opheliamunroe1110 I'm also from Singapore. Would like to add on that his wife neglected their twins, and she was also reportedly unfaithful to him. Dad wanted to send his kids to a special needs school, but his wife had difficulty accepting their condition and actually enrolled them to a mainstream school. Why is nobody blaming the wife? Imagine having such an uncommunicative and bad team player wife like her, I too, would have done unspeakable things.
@@opheliamunroe1110its fantastic people of this day and age never bother to investigation causes of autism and if there possibly any cure ... They just simply take whatever medical specialists dished out for them.... and never bother to question where do specialists get the treatment protocol from... ( big pharmas)... Then again Kovid has shown how intelligent 99% of Singaporeans and 60% of global populations are
You are also a Singaporean... you set the culture aims and taboos. So you are a product of the ignore, distance, dispose of disabled children, babies and older adults.
I taught English in Singapore, Korea and Japan, and seen it first hand. Funny thing Vietnam, vietnamese value children even if disabled.
@@opheliamunroe1110 its easy for us bystanders to say this, but have you placed yourself in the father's shoes? Taking care of 1 autistic child is hard enough, imagine having 2 and in a society like Singapore where development challenged people are still being ostracised.
The mother will face her karma . This is one of the saddest crime for us Singaporeans .
Ikr a mother should have a greater bond with her children
The mother should have been jailed too for neglect.
@@DarkLight026She was their main caregiver their whole lives..and her husband said that she also faced emotional issues when looking after them..what do you think she should be charged for?
She have to be jailed for the rest of her life, I'm pissed and sad seeing this I have cousin that disability too but I'm lucky I have people that really real care for my cousin even my mother loving her like her own child
and not the dad ? the one who killed them ?
I feel like this comment section isn't hard enough on the mother's role in all of this. Neglect *is* a form of abuse, and infidelity is too an abuse of trust. What the father did was an unthinkable choice, but I can sympathize with his depression. What the mother did is disgusting and vile, especially showing no remorse afterwards. I hope her surviving daughter is cared for by someone else in her life.
He could have left her or killed himself too. Why did the kids deserve to die?
Did you listen properly
finally, someone said it.
@@lalapoo7110 it's called being stressed, overwhelmed, heart broken, he was pushed to a mental point that he shouldn't have been pushed to if his WIFE didn't start her shit.
"I can sympathize with his depression." My daughter is Autistic and has ADHD...she falls on the Extensive Supports Needs end of the spectrum. I am a special education teacher. I am depressed and my heart will never heal. I have NEVER once thought about harming my daughter. STOP MAKING EXCUSES!
I am a Singaporean and remember the story when it first came out. Everyone felt sympathy for the father given that his motive for killing his sons was "mercy killing", something which he felt horrible doing himself.
What angered me the most about this case was how his wife and the mother of the two children reacted to her sons' deaths. Apparently not only did she not care whatsoever, but she also began throwing out her sons' belongings so her new partner (whom she had cheated on her husband with) could move in with her. That was unspeakably vile and infuriates me to no end.
Parenting autistic children can be extremely taxing on your physical and mental health and having a cheating spouse to deal with on top of that doesn't help. As an autistic person myself, I doubt I'll ever have kids, knowing how hard it could be to raise them.
saw the title and I immediately recognised this case. Living in sg, i remember how heartbreaking it was reading this on social media 2 years ago, still feels so heavy listening to this, poor boys :( thank you for covering this case megan, hope you’ve been well !
As a dad, this one was hard for me…
As Singaporean and a mother of an autistic boy, although my boy only have mild autism. I can assured you it's tough, i can't imagine what he have been through. I am not defending him, killing someone is always wrong especially this is his own sons. But this could have been prevented if his wife was fully hands on too, and i heard these boys were bullied too. You wanted to have an affair that's none of any of us business but when you choose to abandoned your SONS that's the crime has started. YOU as their mother pay a huge role in this murdered! Yes I said THE MOTHER , she should have been arrested and face the punishment too. She's equally guilty!
Rest in peace Ethen and Aston, this world is too cruel for you, heaven is your place boys!
His wife was fully hands on as the main caregiver..he wasnt.
And the crime started when she had an affair..so should we lock up all the men in Singapore who have affairs and break up their families too?
Interesting that as a mother, she is not expected to have feelings or needs or desires that men can have even if they father 10 kids.
This case hit a bit closer to home... My uncle has an autistic kid too, and I've seen him so distressed and heard him say some not-so-good things abt his kid and himself too... So, this case was a hard listen for me
Offer him babysitting or to take his kid for a few hours.. he most likely doesn't mean the things he says he is just overwhelmed and trying to signal he needs help.
Definitely keep a watchful eye on the situation though please as autistic and disabled people are very vulnerable
@itsalwaysteatime3803 I do babysit him whenever my schedule permits. Also they have a full time live-in nanny, but he is very very active and his nanny is kinda old so she can't keep up with his energy. And my uncle isn't happy with the way she's with him.
But yeah, I know he doesn't mean what he said, they're getting him all the help he needs too, speech therapy behavioural therapy, etc. Hopefully, it turns out better for them in the future. Thank u for ur kind words too❤️
@@ennanana7836ah I understand and it is very hard and he is probably worried what's Gona happen when he the uncle gets old.
I know have have thought the same things with my kids on the spectrum.. What am I Gona do. When I get old?
Maybe the boys school has some teachers or special needs assistants that want some extra work at the weekend they could help your uncle out.
And your very good for babysitting.. Trust me that's really appreciated even if his head is too melted to remember to say it.
My sons a funny beautiful smart kid but my god he has sooooo much energy and can go on a few hours sleep. He never stops moving and has no sence of danger.
So you've constantly have to have your head on swivel and eyes on the back of your head.
@@itsalwaysteatime3803The way you described ur son, i thought u were describing my brother, never stops moving and has zero sense of danger. I'm sure he must be a lovely child ❤️ much love to u too, great mommy.
It's so sad that the father was so hands on and seemed to put his all into trying to support his sons, and yet his wife was so, so callous, abusive, and neglectful and yet she won't get any retribution for her role in creating this spiral of pain for the kids and Jyung.
What the boys went through with the mother was bad but she didn't murder hers sons. No child should be abused by any parent. The father murdered his own children. He could have sought help but he decided to murder his sons and it says a lot when he couldn't even kill himself properly after.
@@LinNeTule He was so hands on but he only started getting more involved in their lives when they started primary school..while the mum was the one dealing with them day in and out as a housewife and sitting in their class in primary school everyday..is the uncaring parent.
Not the one who literally murdered one son..watched the life drain from him in 4 mins..then decided to continue on killing the second son..
@@charliez4837 He could not kill himself properly because he was scared of dying when it came down to it..
@@azzyArcher22nope, she sits in cause they only allow one parent to do that. Since father working and maid not allowed, she has to do it. And she is the one who insist the kids should be sent to a mainstream school instead of special school totally ignoring their condition and,ability to fit in. On the day of the killing the kids were left at home witheir maid. Father came bck and couldnt find wife. Found out she was having a romp with her lover at hotel. Guess thats the trigger. Sad.
Nope, the mother sits in cause school only allow one parent to do so. Since father working and maid not allow, the mother have to do it. She is also the one who insist the kids be put in mainstream school instead of special disregarding their condition and disability to fit in. On that fateful day kids were left at home with maid. When father came home couldnt find his wife. It was reaveal in the chinese paper that the mother was having a romp with her lover in the hotel. Father knew it and probably thats the final straw. Sad.
@@azzyArcher22
I didn’t find out I was autistic till I was 35 I struggled socially over the years. I was misdiagnosed when I was 5. This was back in the 90s
So... at 35 u took an onlime quiz or something? Or you went to the specialist? 🤔
I have an autistic nephew who is in his early teens and my sister lives in Singapore. It is nice that the public were outraged and the grandmother speaking of fond memories, but unless you are the parent of an autistic child, you have NO clue how difficult it is to bring up a child with autism in Singapore. Firstly, it is very difficult to find quality help and medical assistance that rarely works or facilities that could truly support parents undergoing such hardship - and it is way too expensive. For example, one doctor's visit to someone who specialises in kids with special needs cost SGD $500. The violence that many autistic teens display on their parents when they hit puberty is also not for the faint hearted. People who so called care of all a sudden about the incident would be the first people to run away or would not bother helping if someone with an autistic kid asks for help. It is very convenient to take the high road and show sympathy after the fact, when indeed if so many people cared, then the father might not have resorted to this. The other horrible thing is, people use religion and all sorts of backwards superstition to judge parents with kids with special needs too. In a society with still such a poor understanding and support system for parents and kids with special needs, it is difficult for parents to stay sane. As some have mentioned in the comments - you also need both parents to be hands on. When the responsibilities fall onto one person, it takes an incredible amount of resilience to do this day after day. Finally, while it is easy to say that we bring kids into the world, hence it is our responsibility. True, but no one expects that their kids will be born with special needs. Having an autistic child changes your child in fundamental ways that one cannot imagine.
And as former sped teacher, we are sadly under supported
This case shook Singapore so much. Thanks for covering this.
Hello from Greece. This is a very sad story. However, without justifying his crimes, we need to understand that they are also society's and culture's fault.
This story makes my heart so heavy. As a mom to an autistic child, I had tears running down my face for those two boys.
As a Singaporean, thank you for covering this case Megan! I currently volunteer for a group that provides fitness training for people with special needs and the parents are always so hands on, assisting the trainers and encouraging their kids. I really feel for the Dad and the twins and I hope every family will be able to get the help they need.
He's not a horrible dad, as it was clear he was the primary carer of the children, without support from anyone. It was also evident that he loved them. He just made a horrible choice because of his wrong outlook with the situation, and because of many factors that contributed to his horrible decision (his wife, little to no support from others, etc.). I do not condone the crime, he needs to be punished accordingly, but I understand where he's coming from.
And the wife? Karma will come knocking at her door soon.
Thanks for showing him empathy when many people are condemning him.
He was not the primary carer of his children, his wife and maid were.Did you even read the articles?
Nonsense he was a psychopath.
No such thing as karma or some mystical cosmic justice.
In fact people who believe in karma claim disabled children are being punished for sins of a previous life.
@@EVL-xj5vc Most ppl are showing him sympathy and condemming the woman who dared to have an affair..cause apparently if you are a father, its ok to cheat but if you are the mother ..its never ok.
@@azzyArcher22 you are arguing in bad faith because instead of seeing emotion and human, you only see gender.
This is so sad. I have a autistic daughter and I couldn't even imagine this
Maybe because you live in a better enviroment.
I felt the fathers pain. Seeing your kids being rejected by society over and over. Seing their pain and fearing that should something happen to you, your kids will be treated worse than any death.
There are enough stories of abuse of neurodivergent kids.
These killings were out of mercy.
The society started caring about these kids only when they were dead.
Did you catch how the kids were not allowed to go to school unless accompanied by someone who the family had to organise? Here no one of the government gave an f about those kids.
My family is experiencing something similar in a so called developed country right now.
I read this on the newspaper, I can see why the father snapped, but that's no justification for the murders.
I am also mildly autistic, but I am glad that my mother did not give up on me, and overcame the stress of raising me, and my condition improved so much since childhood. She alone took care of me and my brother and it was not easy on her. Seeing news of parents killing their autistic children made me so sad for the children
Not everyone is lucky to have a good mom like you. Please kiss her and tell her you love her at least 1 time aday
I'm not sure about Singapore but Jung Houn would never be allowed to work with children in my country after being convicted of a homicide, especially against children. He should focus on working with the parents of children with disabilities, or making sure disabled children are taken care of upon the death of the parents. If he weren't overwhelmed and just divorced his wife, maybe the children would be alive and maybe could advise other parents to seek mental help and services to help manage overwhelm.
the mother's behaviour is seriously concerning.
I have a friend who has autistic twins as well. She worked fulltime plus some side jobs. Her husband was let go. But also has side jobs. Im amaze and saluted for doing such amazing job. Because she tried to enrol those boys in a special school unfortunately theres no subsidy for both. One yes. But she needs to put both in. Thus earning extra income. She told me the boys will tend hit her and also hit each other or hit themselves, and when she sent them to the doctor, the doctor sometimes called for cops because they suspected she hit the boys. She endured for so long, unable to ask for help from government but thankfully she has strong family members who will go all means to help her. Or else, Im sure she will broke down and who knows what she will do.
She is autistic. It's hereditary. And we only make friends subconsciously with other autistics
Her kids are hurting her as they are having trouble regulating their emotions. Probably because their role models are all masking (I'm talking about the mother and you) so therefore you are burying your emotions about not regulating them. Common autistic problem.
The doctor doesn't believe her because she can't regulate her emotions when explaining to him, and probably sounds all over the place. The doctor understands the mother is causing it, but without her understanding her world for what it is, she can't explain herself.
Use these words "they are struggling with self regulation, and so am i as a result"
Ps autistics are superior,,,maybe I'm biased. Everyone I like I autistic. Lol It has nothing to do with iq or social ability. You can be a genius with lots of friends. Most celebrities are autistic. They mask like noone else. Mastered it.
I Don mean to offend you. But if your friend is autistic, you are. If she is more like an acquaintance that you can't be yourself around, you might be a boring allistic ❤
Oh....ask Dr for behavioural psychotherapist or Occupational therapist. Both therapists deal with emotional regulation in their own way. They Don sit on a couch because there is no trauma to unpack. They do activities that might trigger emotional dysregulation and then work through ways of regulating it without hurting themselves or others. Or their xbox controller.....we aren't the type of people to seek revenge or hurt people for fun....but the first to throw a plate when we can't regulate our emotions. Only ever in the moment. Then unwilling to go there when we are feeling better incase we dysregulate again....
What i do not understand is why was everyone so shocked, he struggled with them, no one assisted him, so why are they so shocked etc, thats whats makes me mad, no one steps in to lend a hand, looking after 2 autistic kids is not joke, the mother threw them away and he at least looked after them, bugger the community, they can go fly kite, why had they not assisted him. Now that they heard what he did they shocked, oh bugger all of them, in life when you struggle no one even looks ypur way, but when theres a crime every has a mouthful to say, i know he has dont wrong but he should be pardoned. And given a lighter sentence, these day everyone only play with normal kids, when kids are mentally challenge they judged, curse etc. Its not fair
The sad reality is nobody cares or loves you when you are alive, they would only express how they care and love you once you are no longer alive...
expressing shock doesn't mean they are going to step in and help. You are mistaking emotion and action.
He did not look after them..she was their main caregiver..at least read the papers and get the facts right.
Plus they had a maid to look after them as well.
And you say that looking after 2 autistic kids is no joke..she was their caregiver her whole life..did her needs get met? Did anyone care about what she was going through?
Are you kidding me? The man murdered his own defenseless children. He's a monster. He deserves no sympathy
@mcdongle8752 Honestly i am so disappointed in people that they want to turn the mother into the villian when its a case of a jilted husband who took his revenge out on his sons and then when his ego did not get satisfaction that their mother was crying and grieving them..trashed her in public.
I appreciate wanting to work for a diploma, but does he really think anyone is going to hire a man who murdered two kids to work with children...?
I’m an autistic woman who became an aunt to twin girls recently. Sometimes there are days where I hear stories like this and wonder who I couldn’t be a normal, neurotypical person like everyone else.
If the day those two girls and their older sister turn out to be autistic, I’ll do my best to help my sister with raising them, even if I’d have to stumble a lot along the way. I don’t want them to become like those two boys.
At least the father showed remorse for what he did, the mother though is a monster. She just moved on with her life like it was nothing and threw away her son’s belongings. It says a lot about how she saw those two…
I'm a southeast asian girl student who wants to help out people someday by providing help and guidance as well as treatment for developmental disorders as I have them myself. I wish that things like this would never happen someday in the future, and I could make an impact to the world and give young boys and girls with developmental disorders a chance to live and shine. Thank you for this video!!! I hope they rest in peace : )
The title alone made my heart sink. I am a sister of two brothers who have developmental disabilities and I couldn’t imagine a world without them.
May we all read, educate and understand autism and not choose to remain ignorant, shallow minded and selfish concerning it.
I am a mother of a son who is on the autistic spectrum. He is the most beautiful person I know ❤❤❤
I am a Bangladeshi living in USA, I have an autistic 7 year old son and feel proud of him. My son loves me, his little progress makes me proud and I couldn’t imagine my life without him. As a Muslim, in my religion if Allah has decided to do something in your life trust his judgement, you need to be patient with his decision. You don’t know your future and Allah is the best planner.
Muslims generally cope better with adversities 😊
I really hope that ex-wife receives karma and given shame for the rest of her natural life. she was the cause of all of this she saw her boys as a burden and abused them. And I feel if you have children that have a disability don't see it as a burden there are many programs in which these children can get the help they need.
Not in every country is there help
Thank you, Megan, for covering this case. I did ask of you to cover this case some months ago. And, thanks once again. ❤
I am a future SPED Teacher and at the same time a person with Autism. it broke my heart to see the boys perished in a horrible way. If only the parents understand what Autism is or take them to the occupational therapy for Intervention, none of this will happen. I can understand what the father had gone through but its not an issue to do that. I have an older brother who is a person with Autism too and we fight often, but never in my life would think about taking a life of someone. And the wife? I really hate her now so i hope she gets a retribution for what she did too someday. RIP to the twins😢❤
I can't hate the father to be very honest caring for 2 autistic children and your wife just leaving u and treating you badly he was helpless but what he did was wrong...the place where i live is so repulsive towards someone with any mental condition that i can't help but feel bad
Thank you, Megan, for sharing such a heart-wrenching yet important story. Your thorough research and compassionate delivery really highlight the struggles that families with children who have special needs face, while also emphasizing the need for better societal support. It's clear how much effort you put into ensuring that we understand the complexity of this tragedy-not just as a crime, but as a larger issue of mental health, societal stigma, and parental responsibility.
The case of the Greenridge Crescent twins is a tragic reminder of how vital it is for societies to provide better support systems for both caregivers and individuals with developmental disabilities. Families should never feel isolated or burdened to the point where such a horrific act becomes a possibility. As you rightly pointed out, every child, no matter their challenges, has the right to live and thrive.
I really appreciate how you balanced empathy for the struggles of both parents while also making it clear that violence is never the answer. Your storytelling serves as a powerful reminder that while progress has been made, there is still so much more work to be done in terms of societal awareness, mental health support, and creating inclusive environments. 감사합니다 for your dedication to bringing these important issues to light.
Looking forward to your next video-your insights are always thought-provoking and incredibly valuable.
This is one of the most heartbreaking and tragic stories I’ve ever come across. It’s unimaginable to think of the pain and despair that led a father to such a devastating act. This case not only highlights the importance of mental health and support for caregivers but also serves as a wake-up call for society to step up and provide resources for families with special needs children. My heart goes out to those innocent boys and to anyone struggling silently under similar pressures. This tragedy should never be repeated.
As a person with autism spectrum disorder, I'm crying so bad knowing this case
Thank you Megan ❤
My eldest son is autistic, I can not watch this. This is so evil. It's a sad thing that one's child is autistic but it brings so many joys too. They're different from normal people and it can be a blessing if you know how to handle it.
As an autistic myself, I think that we the autistic people should need our help, care and love and even nurture, and not neglect and isolation by normal people. Now is the time for you to act now with kind and outreach today!
My kid with mild Austims and non verbal.As a parents we need more patience especially mother . Currently my son showing some development and some times he show aggressive behaviour. We need to be patience and do some social work to lessen our karma. Recently we have another baby boy and my first born show some interest to interact with him. AUSTIC kids have good heart they will understand your pain. I have some beautiful memories where i hospitalized due to fever my austic kid never left me he sat beside my bed until i recovered
I am autistic and it’s sad sone people don’t understand. I even remember this case about how a father murdered his son because autistic and a hikkimori. He was afraid he would be a criminal like one. It’s sad.
I watch all of your uploads, but I can't bring myself to watch this one. My daughter is Autistic and has ADHD. I feel like watching it would enrage me.
I would like to thank you, for shedding light on the abuse of the neurodivergent population! 💙
I hope your bundle of joy and you are doing well. Sending love from Southern California.
Trust me it will. I made the mistake of watching it.
But I feel the fathers pain and don't blame him.
I hope you have the luck of living somewhere where neurodivergent kids get support and are not treated like a nuisance and an outcast who does not deserve education and friends like other kids.
@@angelikalaser7778 thank you for the uplifting words 💕
Hello Megan! I have an autistic son. We do lack support for developmental and mental disabilities here in the Philippines. What a horrible dad!! Thanks for covering this. 🙏🏼
true. ang harsh pa manghusga ng mga tao. i have an autistic child too
Having a nephew with autism, this was so hard to watch💔
May the boys rest in peace🙏
This is absolutely devastating i don’t understand how the people can justify the father is disgusting. If he was so stressed and could not take care of them then give them away to institution how you can even think about killing your children. My son in autistic to is it hard YES it is but i can’t live a day without him and his smile we are working hard.
Not all parents deserve children.
14 years only? that doesn’t give justice to the twins.
When I was born, there was a baby in the hospital who had been “left” there by his mum. He and I were both born with the same medical condition - the difference being that I had a mum and dad who wanted me. He was adopted by one of the nurses. It’s frightening to think what could’ve happened to either of us.
what a heartbreaking story that poor man and poor boys horrible situation .....surprised it doesn't happen more often tbh esp in locations where there are no systems of continuous support in place ...this happened on Spore .imagine poverty stricken countries....I hope we one day arrive to such a place where we can support all who need it .
14 years for murdering his own innocent children? People have gotten longer sentences for selling weed. This is not justice.
This breaks my heart
These poor boys didn't deserve such horrible parents.
Their dad did his very best for them until he broke
Thank you Megan!
That woman doesn’t deserve to be called a mother. Her actions have been cruel and thoughtless, especially when she got rid of her children's belongings as if they never mattered. She clearly didn't care for those boys, and they didn’t deserve to be treated that way.
alot of men abandon their children too. i bet you are very busy condoning them as well
I doubt he meant for his ice pick self-attack to succeed or to really be caught. I notice he didn't oppose his own defense.
If the boys hadn't been disabled, it would be suspected that he'd killed them as a way to try to punish his wife's infidelity. Notice that when she didn't seem to be fazed, suddenly he needed to live to take care of his mother.
Be very, very suspicious of people who claim they were killing a person with a disability out of mercy-- especially if the disability is more of a burden to the murderer than the victim.
I feel zero sympathy for the father. He used strangulation as the murder method, which is a horrific way to die, he would’ve seen the pain it was causing his first son, yet he was fully capable of doing it to his second son too. Strangulation isn’t quick, the attacker has ample time to reconsider their actions and to let their victim go. The father decided against letting go not once but twice, snuffing the life out of two defenceless little boys.
The father initially acted out a plan to get away with murders his sons, staging himself as a victim of an attack, which shows that not only were these murders not actually apart of a genuine mental breakdown but also that this man was actively prioritising regaining his freedom above all else, even above the lives of his sons. The lengths he went to in order to obfuscate his guilt makes it very questionable if his later confession was really out of guilt or if it was just him switching to a sympathy-seeking tactic out of self preservation once he knew the police had pinned him as the real culprit.
It’s truly enraging to me that he felt entitled to keep his life and to regain his freedom after murdering his sons, the utter audacity to cite a desire to be his mother’s caretaker as his reasoning when not wanting to be his son’s caretakers was the reason he took their lives!
It really stood out to me how it was his wife moving on with her life that prompted him to do a 180 over not his claim of not being able to live with actions/desiring to be properly punished. It honestly made me a little suspicious if his real motivation for the murders was revenge for prior infidelity, only it didn’t hurt her as intended. But that’s just speculation, no one but him really knows the reason for his actions.
Regardless, I am seeing waaaaay too many comments blatantly diminishing this man’s agency. The wife is guilty of infidelity, but she did not strangle those boys to death, the father is solely responsible for his decision to kill them. He’s the one everyone should be wishing for karma to catch up with!
It’s concerning people seem more vexed over a woman’s infidelity than a man choosing to murder his two young autistic sons.
I’d urge people to contemplate their gender-based biases as there’s immense cognitive dissonance in characterising her infidelity as an unforgivable act of callous cruelty deserving of punishment and not affording her the stress over having to raise two autistic sons/mental breakdown explanation for her actions, despite using those exact reasons to justify giving sympathy to a man who murdered his two autistic sons. Some comments even go as far as to completely take away any accountability from him and solely blaming the wife for their murders. No, cheating on her husband does not make her culpable for his decision to strangle those boys to death.
There also seems to be a lack of discernment about the fact this description of his wife was given whilst he was trying to diminish his own culpability in murdering his sons, making it very plausible that he would intentionally disparage his wife to divert responsibility away from himself. You can’t trust his description of her (either as a spouse or as a mother) to be truly accurate in this context.
Lastly, I can’t help but notice a lot of normalisation of murdering autistic children within many people’s comments. So much sympathy is being given to the murderer at the expense of sympathising with the victims he killed.
There’s a big difference between murder/su*cides by a parent with autistic children vs a parent who murders their autistic children and tries to get away with it/live the rest of their life as a free man. The former showcases a parent truly at their breaking point and who is thusly deserving of some sympathy, but the latter showcases a parent who sees their child’s life as lesser than their own and who is willing to brutally snuff out the life of that child in order to live a stress free life, that is not deserving of sympathy.
"Lastly, I can’t help but notice a lot of normalisation of murdering autistic children within many people’s comments." It happens every time a parent kills their autistic child. Every. Time. Chilling AF. And yeah, the hyperfixation on her infidelity is also really telling.
Dude, I knew THE VERY SECOND that the children were revealed to be autistic that the public would go from being outraged that two children lost their lives to "oh well, the dad was super stressed IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE", IT WAS SO PREDICTABLE. I WAS THERE when everything came out, it was DISGUSTING how comments immediately sympathised with the literal life ender and going FULL out against the wife.
I understanding that having to care for TWO children on the spectrum, ALONE, is NOT easy, and yes the audacity of wife to throw out all her sons' things out to make room for her new lover, but whether the public liked it or not, she may had been heartless, but she wasn't the one to commit the crime. People keep demanding for "her karma to come", but what about the one who DID THE CRIME? Dude was depressed, but he kept hopping between "I was off myself" and "no I wanna be spared", he wanted a quick way out of life, but the second he's found guilty and the rope looming over his head, he suddenly wanted to live??
This creature ended two of its sons and then it has the audacity to say it wants to care for autistics like I had to laugh he is gonna help the ppl he hates okay.....
It's laughable how some want to sympathise with him to the ends of the earth. Yes he was depressed, yes his struggles are understandable, but I'm sorry, who in their RIGHT MINDS would want to hire him to look after kids on the spectrum after he OFFED his own kids out of stress??? He had 12 YEARS of first hand experience, ended them in the most painful way possible (one had to watch his own twin SLOWLY lose his life before his very eyes), and decides "yeah I can take it on"??? NO, I AM NOT TRUSTING THIS DUDE WITH CHILDREN, PERIOD.
Listen. Everyone go through very stressful times, when it comes to like a disability kids who has a special needs. We cannot be all perfect or thinking about we wish that we could be perfect. But we got to learn to be patient for those who needs special treatments. It's going to take some lot of times to be patient. Tell who knows when they can manage for themselves. 🙏
Government needs to take a step forward to help parents. Parents needed support too.
No one should judge him. I’ve worked in a school for such children and I often witnessed parents that were mentally, physically and emotionally drained. He had two!
He killed his children. And you’re saying he shouldn’t face the consequences of his actions? Were their lives worth nothing in your eyes?
@@denise9735 Not for you to judge.
So parents can kills their kids if they are stressed out?! Use some brain.
so no one should judge him but we should judge the mother???
Excellent story presentation.
Sadly the killer father only serving 14 years in jail. I do not believe he has mental problem as he planned and staged the murder. Also I do not believe he has financial problem as he was able to hire 3 lawyers to represent him. If he can stay in Bukit Timah, he can support the boys by hiring professional to help. No excuse for killing his own sons!
my son has global delay he was badly abuse (almost murder) by a teacher when he was just 1 year old, it came out in the news. He cant talk and express himself bought him out to play in macdonald playground @ canberra plaza and as he cant talk, he expresses himself by throwing tantrum. Parent of the nearby kids will say "Don't play with this BLOODY no manners boy" which instantly broke my heart and left me sobbing. Those r the things that cause depression. i just hope ppl, before u say anything, u dunno what this boy went through, please even if u hate it alot just keep it inside u and dun say it out loud.
I did pay a visit to the site and offer a minute of silence for these twins. I still pray for their family including Xavier for his life. Deeply heartbreaking on all sides as this cases hits home.
As an autistic person, this upsets me greatly.
You are blessing from god
My family is asian. My brother has severe autism and i know that there was a lot of hardship and shame. Since he had ran away breaking our windows , we finally were able to get help.
This is still unfortunately a problem for autistic children even here in the US. People here are still sympathizing with the murderers of children and infants as long as they are disabled in some way. It's really really bad.
I remember hearing a difference between how people in the US react to a crime against a disabled/on the spectrum person compared to Singapore. Read through comments about Lacey Fletcher's SLOW, agonising decline and death on the couch, and how rightfully disgusted and outraged the public were with her parents, and then you see how the public here reacted to the twins' deaths the SECOND they were revealed to be on the spectrum. Everyone went from disgusted to "omg I sympathise with the murderer, TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLY". It was not a swift death either! Their last moments involved one gasping for air and the other watching!
I'm not saying looking after two children on the spectrum, ALONE, with little to no support is easy, not going to take his struggles away from him, but the second the murderer is depressed, holding them accountable flies out the window here! Everyone says "caregivers need more support" (ABSOLUTELY TRUE), while also never seeing the victims as human to begin with.
The truth of the reality is that no parent wants their child to be born “different”. Whether that be behavioral issues, a member of the LGBT, or deformed. However if that’s something that weighs heavy on you then you clearly shouldn’t have a child to begin with. It is unfair to the child to then have to have that burden and that guilt placed on them because of a parent’s superficiality of expectations. Now I also understand that a child who is born with mental development issues or has severe deformities take a tremendous amount of care and those parents who love their children regardless are literal angels. It’s just such a sad situation.
The mother should've been given equal prosecution. Eventhough she had no hand with the manslaughter, she was part of the stigma and has equal responsibilities. She shouldn't have left scott free in this.
Hold up. Only 14 years, like... And he's gonna come out to get involved with troubled kids. Good grief
I came from Singapore but living in Australia now. I worked in Disability support work for young people or adults with special needs and I can feel how much the struggles to care for kids with special needs. It’s is very mentally exhausting and distressing for the father. Sadly Singapore does not provide support or funding for special needs people hence its really an extreme burden for the parents or care takers to bear the burden to care for not just one but two autistic sons.
Thank you for all that you do Megan! Congrats on the new bundle of joy!
I am a Singapore living in the USA, we have two boys on the spectrum, it's tough. Level 1 and 2 but they are doing well and thriving at the age of 15 and 13. I wish they have school like they have back home.
Next cover should be SEDNAYA PRISON that shocked the whole world ❤️❤️btw love you Megan
My brother is severely mentally delayed w autism too. He is not able to do self care. He is not verbal. He has run away and hurt himself .lt took a whole community and social workers. It took him hurting himself and my teen years w ideas of committing suicide and taking him w me that caused them to flag us for help. He now is at a group home w one on. One care plus a day program. Thank god there is help. But often people dont have help and its a forever job. I feel for them from personal experience.
The mother give birth to twins with severe autism and then abandon the family to pursue a new life for herself. The father is the breadwinner and with those kids around for a lifetime his career and future prospects will be gone forever. In case people don't know yet Singapore is a very expensive and cold fast pace country to live in. He was in deep distress when he made the decision to end their misery. He love them very much but he simply cant cope by himself. He now live forever as the only one in his family forever mourning and missing his sons while living with hissin and guilt forever. Hes a good man.
Yes in Singapore that's how it is. I personally faced that with a school counselor and they nearly called the police on me? Why? Because the other students told lies about me. When I was teaching at a school, the principal targeted and autistic boy and all the children stayed away from him. Why? That's cruel
At the risk of sounding like I'm siding the murderer, managing 2 highly autistic children with very limited support is despair and no escape. When we use justice, we condemn the father. When we look at him with empathy, we know he's struggling alone. Social service agencies can only help so much.
Fot parents, it helps if they accept the nature of their children and enroll them in a school built for them to thrive, and not to force them to fit into mainstream education. I have friends in allied health and social work who struggle to get the parents to accept their children are different and need a different education support.
imagine defending a man who murdered his two sons just because he was mad at their mom.
My sister is autistic with developmental disabilities. This one was hard to listen to.
Edit: I get that he was legitimately affected by depressive disorder so his sentence is justified but his reasoning just isn’t consistent with what I would expect given the circumstances. People who perform murder suicides often inflict themselves with far more grievous injuries than mere trivial damage (as assessed by the hospital). Also his “change of heart” upon learning his wife’s response tells me this wasn’t about his kids and was actually about his wife. He probably expected to get his wife back in all of the fervor if he was successful in blaming it on a random attack. But that’s just my unqualified interpretation. Parents who kill their kids out of depression would have drowned themselves in the water; it’s not all that hard. He didn’t even hurt himself in any significant manner. I feel for his depression; that can be very hard to deal with especially with children you are essentially raising yourself but I draw the line at murder. Especially when it doesn’t seem like he actually wanted to kill himself.
Thank you Megan for covering this case. I remember when the news broke, there was a lot of sadness over the loss of two innocent lives, and also pity towards the father. It's unimaginable the kind of mental strain he must be under and the utter isolation he felt that turned his mind towards this heinous course of action.
This is a more than just a heart wrenching case.he just given up on his twin boys because of their condition.as for the mother,she don't seems to be phased about her artistic twin boys.the father got his revelation for him crime.but the mother,down the line, she's gonna karma about showing no remorse about her murdered twin boys.
What a complete tragedy.
Hello Megan from Australia, thankyou for another brilliant video ❤
Megan can you cover the story of Frog boys missing case of 1992 it is one of the most mysterious case of south korea.........
Their bodies were found and they were given a proper funeral but people do not know how they died. Ive seen one theory say they were killed by stray bullets during a military training exercise that was held nearby and the gov covered it up. Poor boys, may they rest in peace.
Moral of the story: If you sense depression in someone or if you feel depressed yourself, don't keep mum. Seek at least some form of help before it escalates into something more serious. This is indeed one of the most disturbing murders Singapore has witnessed, all under the misguided belief that a spouse's issues would be put at ease. More cases from Singapore you could cover can include the Anthony Ler case (2001), Kallang body parts murder (2005, 2013) and the Kovan double murders (2013), a few cabby murders, to name a few in illustrating how unsolved or untold circumstances can lead to crime.
"a tanned-skinned man in his 40s" so he was basically wanting to put the blame on either a random malay/indian person, as well, what a coward. Horrible crime altogether with terrible parents, poor boys.
So if he blames a fair skin man it's ok?That's the only thing you take from this sad case? 😑
There are tanned-skin Chinese too. It’s 2024. Stop being a boomer.
@user-zk6no3no3g Doesn't make it okay, but you very well damn know he's placing a blame on another race for this on top of the awful things he did to his sons. But stay ignorant I guess.
@@emperioszyrandios7667 yeah, when the majority of that demographic gets describe as "brown/tanned south east asian" let me know, gen z'er lmao
Your cases are often difficult to get through, but this one really upset me. That said, raising awareness of these issues is so very important, so thank you. While there is no excuse his actions, the poor guy was obviously completely overwhelmed by the burden of caring for the boys. So very sad.
As someone struggling with ASD and many other health issues and problems I find this cowardly criminal and crime both distressing and disgusting.
I'm not condoning his actions but I understood.
As an autistic person, this is incredibly disheartening for me... Thank you for coveing this case
Yehey!!!new upload,thank you megan keep safe always
Though the father is the murderer to the eye of law, for me both the mother & father equally are murderers of those children. If they were done with their kids, they could ask for help from outside sources including NGOs. Besides how a mother can move on so smoothly in her life after losing her kids who she gave birth to! The father who killed his own children, was even ready to die to reunite with his kids but the mother she moved on as if nothing happened. Still having a golden period with her lover! The kids unfortunately & mistakenly came to the wrong home via birth for which they paid price with their lives. That's why it's said, every child deserves parents but not everyone deserves children.
as Singaporean i have heard of the incident from news broadcast that a father murdered his twins diagnosed with Autism which is uncalled for the father could have gone for training on how to better take care of children with autism
My brother has a son under autism spectrum, and we love his son forever! ❤
Amazing information
My cousin is also autistic but we all treat him with love and care and my uncle and aunty love him very much i can't never imagine 😢😢some parents can be so devil .
I remember this. Was working as a journalist in Singapore during this case :/
I also have special needs and my father is the one who pays for everything that i need and my mother basically doesn't care about me anymore. But my father's side of the family is very caring and taking me in with open arms. I am now 19 and have little contact with my mum.