A court has ordered that an infant boy, who was nine-months-old at the time of the hearing, be placed under the supervision of an Approved Welfare Officer (AWO) while remaining in his mother's care.

This comes after the court found that repeated domestic violence between his parents placed him in need of care and protection.

Under the order, the child's contact with his father will be subject to the AWO's approval.

The decision, published in a judgement on Jun. 22, followed a series of violent confrontations between the married couple after the birth of their son in August 2025, as well as concerns over the child's medical care.

The father has appealed against the decision.

Relationship marked by recurring physical altercations

According to the judgment, the couple's relationship had been marked by recurring physical altercations from the outset.

The Protective Service (PSV) submitted that the father's violence escalated after the mother became pregnant, though he disputed this.

In one incident, the father had allegedly said he intended to go to East Coast Park to take his own life, and did not return home for several days.

During his absence, the mother stood in front of a closed-circuit television camera holding a knife in an attempt to prompt his return.

The timing of the incident was contested.

While PSV dated it to August 2025, the mother said it occurred during her pregnancy and that nobody was harmed.

Meanwhile, the father claimed it took place the following month, and that he had been locked out of the home, rather than having left voluntarily.

Assaulted each other while father was holding the baby

On Sep. 18, 2025, the parents became involved in a physical brawl after the father accused the mother of conspiring with others to take their son away from him.

The mother had pulled the father's shirt, punched his shoulder and slapped his face while he was carrying the baby.

The father also allegedly made suicidal and homicidal threats, including saying, "I will kill you and the baby" and "I want to kill myself."

Before police arrived, the father allegedly pinned the mother against a couch, covered her mouth and choked her until she lost consciousness.

The infant was asleep in a bassinet throughout the incident.

The father denied choking the mother, saying the allegation stemmed solely from her application for a Personal Protection Order (PPO).

Multiple family members involved

Five days later, another dispute broke out after the father allegedly ignored the mother's repeated requests to lower the volume of music he was playing in the kitchen.

The mother threw the speaker outside, prompting the father to leave before returning with his parents.

A physical altercation then ensued.

According to the judgment, the father's mother tried to pull the baby away from the maternal grandmother, while his father grabbed the maternal grandmother by the face.

The father then took the child from the maternal grandmother.

The mother suffered injuries to her face and arms while attempting to de-escalate the situation.

The court noted that the infant was physically handled by several people during the confrontation.

Following the incident, the father voluntarily moved out of the matrimonial home.

Around the same period, both parties started filing PPO applications against each other and were granted expedited orders (EOs).

Jammed the locks to prevent wife and son from leaving

The father returned to the home unannounced on Oct. 6, 2025 to stay.

He also disagreed with PSV's proposed safety plan that required him to move out.

On Oct. 11, 2025, after discovering that the mother had changed the locks, he allegedly jammed them to prevent the mother and child from leaving the flat.

The father disputed this account, claiming the key became stuck because the mother held the internal latch, and that he broke the key only while trying to remove himself from the situation.

Five days later, he returned again and switched off the electricity supply while the mother and child were inside the flat in an attempt to gain entry.

He eventually left the matrimonial home for good after that incident.

About a month later, however, he returned to the home again and changed the locks.

When his wife and mother-in-law returned home with his son, the father allegedly tried to remove the infant from his pram.

His mother-in-law intervened, leading to another physical confrontation while she was carrying the infant.

She alleged that the father elbowed her and punched her twice in the left eye, causing a laceration to her eyelid and a fractured nose.

The father denied assaulting her, saying he acted in self-defence to protect him and his son.

The father then barricaded himself inside the home with the child, leaving the mother locked outside overnight despite PSV's advice for her to disengage.

The father alleged that during the standoff, the mother had cut off the flat's electricity and water supply for about an hour and played loud noises outside.

Both parents were arrested at about 7:15am the following morning for breaching their respective EOs.

Their son was said to have remained asleep throughout the overnight incident.

Son had a medical condition

According to the judgement paper, the boy was born with a clubbed left foot and was prescribed a corrective leg brace, which doctors instructed should be worn for 23 hours a day until he turned four.

They warned that failing to follow the treatment plan could result in recurrence of the condition and permanent deformity requiring corrective surgery.

The brace was first fitted on Sep. 4, 2025, but was removed after four days.

The child went without it for about two weeks prior to his follow-up appointment, where doctors observed that the condition had recurred.

Each parent blamed the other for this.

The mother said the father rejected the diagnosis and wanted doctors to stop treatment because he did not believe their son had a clubbed foot.

On the other hand, the father claimed the mother had removed the brace because of caregiver stress and fatigue.

PSV ultimately accepted that the mother had faced legitimate practical difficulties caring for the infant alone after the father left the matrimonial home, particularly before her own mother arrived to assist.

During that period, the brace repeatedly slipped off and she managed only about 12 hours of daily compliance.

As a result, PSV's allegation of medical neglect was directed solely at the father.

Judge's decision

In her judgment, the judge accepted PSV's submission that exposing a child to repeated domestic violence could have serious long-term effects on the child's emotional, cognitive and neurological development, even if those consequences emerged only later.

The judge also found, more likely than not, that the father had deliberately discontinued the child's prescribed use of the leg brace without medical justification or obtaining a second medical opinion, amounting to medical neglect.

Although PSV had sought to remove the child from the family home, the judge concluded that fostering was not the most appropriate arrangement.

She found that each parent was individually capable of caring for the child, and that the primary concern was the danger posed by their conflict when together.

"The real concern was that the parents’ relationship was so acrimonious that it would endanger [the infant's] safety to place him around both parents at the same time. Accordingly, care must be taken before ruling out the possibility of placing the child under statutory supervision under the care of one parent."

The judge also noted that the mother preferred fostering over effectively sharing care with the father, and the father said he would rather the child remain in the mother's sole care than be placed in foster care.

"I therefore proceeded on the basis that there was common ground between both parties, i.e., that in terms of ordinal preferences, both parties ranked placing [the infant] under the mother’s care ahead of fostering [the infant]," she said.

Taking these factors into account, the judge ruled that it was in the child's best interests to remain with his mother under statutory supervision by an AWO, with the father's access to be determined by the AWO.

The father has since appealed the decision.

The parents of the 17-year-old girl who was found dead inside a suitcase in Pattaya expressed their grief and heartbreak while waiting to collect their child's body.

The girl, named Tunchanok Donhomla, was found dead after being last seen entering a building with a 45-year-old Australian man, Simon Carman, on Jun. 25.

Carman was arrested on Jun. 26 at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on suspicion of murdering the girl.

Tunchanok's parents described their desperation when they first heard that Tunchanok was missing, and their initial hope that she was still alive, according to The Thaiger.

First trip

Tunchanok's parents said this was the teen's first trip to the city, and they recalled urging her to stay safe.

The teen, who lives in Kalasin province, had travelled to Pattaya on Jun. 16 with a 19-year-old friend.

The family described the girl as a hardworking, good-natured girl who helped support the family and had never been in any trouble.

She had kept in touch with her family throughout the trip, but stopped contact after her last message around 5:12 pm on Jun. 26.

Her friend later reported her missing.

Heartbreaking journey

The teen's stepmother recalled their desperation as they drove down from Kalasin to Pattaya.

They learned that police were searching for a foreign suspect after he had been seen wheeling a suitcase out of his room.

The family clung to hope that she might still be alive and could not bring themselves to believe their child could be inside the suitcase.

When police later confirmed that the girl was found inside the suitcase, her family reportedly stopped the vehicle and wept along the road.

Suspect apologised to family

In a video filmed by local police, Carman was seen apologising to the teen's family and saying her death was "out of my control".

He said he felt bad for what happened, adding:

"It was out of my control. I know you'll be very sad, upset, same-same me. It shouldn't happen and I hope you're okay. I know you're not, but I hope."

He also told them to caution other girls to be "careful," then said he didn't want to speak anymore.

An Indonesian domestic helper who fell in love with a Singaporean man while working here has been sentenced to two months' jail after marrying him despite already being married with six children back home, according to Stomp, citing Shin Min Daily News.

Aminan Sidauruk, 51, pleaded guilty to one count of bigamy, with a second charge of falsely declaring she was unmarried taken into consideration during sentencing.

Already married since 1992

According to Stomp, Aminan had wed a man in a Catholic ceremony in Indonesia on Aug. 6, 1992. The marriage was never dissolved.

She left Indonesia between 2010 and 2012 to work overseas, leaving her six children behind in her husband's care.

Met Singaporean man online

In early 2025, while working as a domestic helper in Singapore, Aminan met a Singaporean man online. The two developed a relationship and decided to get married.

On Jul. 25, 2025, the Singaporean submitted a marriage application to the Registry of Marriages (ROM), declaring Aminan was single despite knowing she was already married.

On Sept. 2, 2025, the couple appeared before ROM to make a statutory declaration, with Aminan claiming she had never been married. Their marriage was officially registered on Oct. 27, 2025.

Tip-off led to arrest

Police received a tip-off from ROM that Aminan might have committed bigamy. She was arrested on Apr. 15, 2026, following investigations, per Shin Min.

Prosecution vs defence

According to Stomp, Prosecutors sought three to four months' jail, arguing Aminan's actions had caused harm to her husband and six children in Indonesia.

They also noted she had repeatedly misrepresented her marital status in both the marriage application and the statutory declaration, suggesting the offence was premeditated.

The defence, however, requested one to two months' jail, saying Aminan had registered the marriage out of genuine love for the Singaporean man, that the marriage lasted only a few months, and that she had acknowledged her wrongdoing and pleaded guilty.

The body of a 17-year-old girl in Pattaya, Thailand, was found in a suitcase along a railway line.

Thai police have since arrested a 45-year-old Australian man, Simon Carman, on Jun. 26 at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, according to Australian Broadcasting Channel News (ABC News).

Carman allegedly picked up the 17-year-old, named Tunchanok Donhomla, from the Beach Road vice strip in Pattaya on Jun. 25.

CCTV footage later showed the pair holding hands and going to Carman's room before Carman appeared the next evening with a black suitcase in tow.

Met in Pattaya

When Tunchanok did not make any contact for more than 24 hours, her friends reported her missing, Pattaya News reported.

Police traced her last steps to the building she entered with Carman, where the pair was seen entering at around 3:34am on Jun. 25.

CCTV also showed Carman leaving the building at 9:34pm with a black suitcase and loading it onto a black motorcycle.

They then traced the motorcycle's route via CCTV and located the suitcase about 4.2km away.

The 17-year-old girl was found dead with injuries consistent of an assault inside.

Arrested at airport

A travel ban notice was issued for Carman, who was eventually arrested at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

He reportedly denied the accusation when he was first arrested, only coming clean when presented with CCTV footage.

Carman also had visible scratch marks on his neck and arms.

Claimed self-defence

Carman reportedly told police that he had acted in self-defence.

He claimed to have invited the girl back to his long-term rented condominium after meeting her at Pattaya Beach around 3am on Jun. 25.

Once inside, she allegedly received a phone call and later told him she wanted to leave as she was on her period.

She allegedly asked Carman for 500 baht (S$19.40) in compensation but later demanded more money, leading to a heated argument.

Carman claimed that the girl then grabbed a kitchen knife and pointed it at his neck.

He claimed this led him to use his left hand to grab her hand while using his right hand to choke her neck until she became still.

Carman insisted he had no intention to kill her and acted only in self-defence.

Police have charged Carman with intentional murder, concealing or disposing of a body, and abducting/taking a minor (aged over 15 but under 18) for indecent purposes.

He has been remanded in custody by Pattaya Provincial Court for further investigation.

As the ongoing dispute within one of Thailand’s wealthiest families continues, questions have been raised about the century-old law at the centre of the matter.

The mother of Siranudh “Psi” Scott, the alleged victim in the case, had in February sued her younger son under Thailand’s unique “Ungrateful Child” law.

Chiranuj Bhirombhakdi, the matriarch of the Singha Beer family, had initiated the lawsuit over an inheritance dispute involving assets from his late grandfather.

She also accused her son of damaging the family's reputation after Siranudh publicly accused his elder brother, Sunit "Pi" Scott, of sexually abusing him during his teenage years.

Neglectful children

The century-old "ungrateful child" law, as reported by AFP, via the Malay Mail, and the Telegraph, is intended to protect parents from neglectful children.

It enables parents to revoke gifts if their children are considered “ungrateful, physically abusive, neglectful in old age, or responsible for serious reputational harm".

In her suit, Chiranuj argued that Siranudh has damaged the family's reputation.

She is looking to reclaim millions of dollars worth of land gifted to Siranudh by his late grandfather, Chamnong Bhirombhakdi, who was himself the youngest son of Phraya Bhirombhakdi, the founder of the Singha Beer empire.

The lawsuit prompted Siranudh to reveal more details via social media about the alleged abuse, including a four-minute audio clip involving a confrontation with his elder brother Sunit.

Tore up contract

Siranudh, 29, said that his brother and a nanny subjected him to sexual abuse between the ages of 12 and 24, allegations that he said he showed his family proof of.

But instead of taking action regarding the abuse, he was made to sign a contract promising his silence, in exchange for five million baht per year (S$195,500).

Earlier in June, Siranudh publicly tore up the contract, saying that his family could not "buy my voice, buy my humanity."

Siranudh added that his mother called him an "ungrateful child" because he dared speak out about his abuse.

Expert opinion

AFP spoke to several experts about Thailand's ungrateful child law, with an anthropology professor at Chulalongkorn University, Jiraporn Laocharoenwong, saying that the English translation of "ungrateful" or "ingratitude" did not convey the much stronger moral meaning the term had in Thai.

“It refers not simply to failing to appreciate someone's kindness but to betraying or violating a relationship of care and obligation.”

Many such cases usually occur within wealthy families, and Pimyaphat Jullaphan, a Thai family lawyer, said that most are resolved through court-mediated negotiations rather than judicial rulings.

The focus in these cases, he said, is on compromise in order to help repair family relationships rather than to declare a winner or loser.

Such cases usually occur when children are deemed to have failed to take care of their parents, something which is considered one of Thai culture's highest values.

Western societies, he said, do not always have a direct equivalent.

Parental obligations

However, it was noted that Thai law also obliges parents to care for their children, although the ability for children to seek redress against delinquent parents was limited.

Jiraporn said that the case involving Siranudh and the Singha family invited Thais to consider the conditions under which a familial moral debt is "created, challenged, or even broken."

Siranudh himself has argued that the law reflects an outdated view of family relationships, and has "no place in a liberal society that places importance on the welfare of children".

"Looking at the fine print, this law is an attempt to kind of silence any damage done to a family name. Anything remotely damaging to the name is considered disobedient possibly by the law," he told AFP.

Siranudh and his mother are due to appear in court on Jul. 8, after several failed rounds of mediation.

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Tower Transit Singapore (TTS) celebrated its 10th anniversary today (Jun. 27) by unveiling Singapore’s first-ever wedding bus.

For its very first special event, disability advocate Alister Ong proposed to his girlfriend, Jasmine, amidst decorations by Singaporean design firm Med Karlek.

Ong, 33, lives with cerebral palsy, and is also a public speaker and a board member of the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore.

Proposals and bus rides

The wheelchair-bound Ong proposed to his girlfriend of seven years just in front of TTS's special electric bus.

The new "wedding bus" was bedecked with pastel flowers and quirky decorations like a “priority seat” sign with stylised bride and groom logos, and long ribbons trailing behind the bus.

Ong and Jasmine said that the decision to incorporate a bus into their proposal plan was a straightforward one, as they both recalled the role that buses had played in their relationship.

Over the course of their seven-year relationship, Ong would send Jasmine home on the bus, before making the journey home himself, often catching the last bus to do so.

Jasmine reminisced about the many meaningful conversations they had shared, and how “much of our love story has been intertwined with public transport.”

Accessibility

To mark the occasion, TTS and designer Med Karlek had consulted the couple on the decorations for the bus.

Ong also expressed his thanks to TTS, saying he appreciated that they had made the event very accessible, with the Bulim Depot having several accessibility features such as slopes, ramps, and elevators.

Ong commented that as a wheelchair user, he was “thankful that public transport has been more accessible” over the years, pointing out the wheelchair spaces on buses (where they were speaking to press), as well as ramps on buses which make it easier for him to board and alight.

10 years on the road

The event also saw TTS unveil new bus captain uniforms, mental wellness programmes, and the pilot of a Bus Executive Officer scheme, which combined active bus driving with a supervisory role in operations.

Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow was present to deliver an opening speech, as well as to observe Ong and Jasmine’s proposal.

Siow recalled his time working in the Ministry of Transport as a civil servant between 2012 and 2017, where he saw TTS join Singapore’s transport framework.

Paying tribute to TTS, he credited them for taking “the leap” in partnership with the Singapore government, and for bringing “new thinking to our shores”.

Available for charter

As for Ong and Jasmine's love story, TTS said it would continue to celebrate the occasion with them by sponsoring the official wedding ceremony, which will also take place on the bus.

The wedding bus will soon be made available as part of a two-hour charter service around Singapore, for other couples to celebrate their own weddings.

In addition to floral decor and full bridal livery, the bus also comes with a red carpeted aisle, onboard TV and karaoke system, as well as a collapsible registry table.

A durian stall assistant who was handed the passcode to his outlet's safe while covering for his supervisor over Chinese New Year (CNY) ended up stealing S$17,300 from it.

He then lost the entire sum gambling at Marina Bay Sands (MBS).

Malaysian national Tan An Sheng, 26, pleaded guilty to one charge of criminal breach of trust and was sentenced to 5 months' jail, Shin Min Daily News reported.

Got the safe passcode standing in for his supervisor

The stall in question was Top Durian Station at Block 154 Bukit Batok Street 11.

During the CNY period from Feb. 18 to 22, 2026, the supervisor of the stall went on leave.

Tan was subsequently assigned to take over the role temporarily.

He was given the safe's passcode for the first time, and made responsible for tallying and reporting each day's profit or loss before depositing the takings into the safe.

During this period when he worked at Top Durian Station, Tan was the only employee who held the passcode; before then, the supervisor had always handled the deposits personally.

Lost S$17,300 at MBS

On Feb. 20 and 22, Tan stole a total of S$17,300 from the safe on two separate occasions.

The first time, he made off with a stack of S$50 notes totalling S$1,000; the second time, he swept up the remaining S$16,300 in cash.

He then took the stolen money to the casino at MBS, hoping to win enough to repay his debts to moneylenders.

Instead, he lost everything.

About 50 customers turned up to "collect debts"

He eventually confessed his crimes to his employer.

The stall's operator, Cai Ming You, told Shin Min that Tan had worked for the company for about eight or nine months before the offence, and that he had initially been unaware Tan had a gambling habit.

The company had originally intended to give Tan a chance by deducting repayments from his salary as restitution, Cai said.

But after repaying around S$2,204, Tan apparently relapsed into his old ways and borrowed money from both customers and neighbouring stallowners to feed his gambling habit.

About 50 customers later came knocking one after another, demanding that Tan repay them, Shin Min reported.

Even after the company made the police report and Tan was arrested, people continued coming to the stall to look for him, Cai said.

Everybody lent him cash

Several stall owners and assistants confirmed that they had lent cash to Tan, according to Shin Min.

Jenny, 37, who runs a fish soup stall, said Tan had told her he had been issued a fine and urgently needed to borrow money.

He looked like an honest person, so she lent it to him without even noting down his contact details, she said.

"When I didn't see him for the next few days, I went to the durian stall to ask for my money back.

That's when I found out he had been borrowing from people, with one person even lending him $1,000. I don't think I'll ever get my money back. I won't be so quick to lend money to others again."

Fong, 43, who owns a nearby Vietnamese grocery shop, said Tan had made similar claims and asked to borrow S$700.

He felt it was only right to help out a "neighbour", only to realise after handing over the money that Tan was a gambler.

"He repaid $400 and said he would pay the rest when he received his salary, but he was arrested.

I didn't make a police report, but I hope he reflects on what he has done."

In mitigation, Tan said he had realised the seriousness of his actions and apologised for damaging the company's business and reputation.

He also expressed remorse to his supervisors and colleagues, and appealed for leniency.

A Shopee delivery rider allegedly orchestrated a wrong delivery by "accidentally" delivering a package to the wrong unit.

After taking a photo indicating proof of delivery, he apparently made off with the parcel instead.

The woman, who gave her surname as Toh, shared the footage from her doorbell camera in a post on HardwareZone on Jun. 27.

She told Mothership that the package was a coffee portafilter and tamper device that cost around S$140.

In response to Mothership's queries, a Shopee spokesperson confirmed that the order has since been refunded, and that disciplinary action has been taken against the personnel involved.

Rider "glanced" at her unit first

According to Toh, she had been expecting a parcel that day (Jun. 26).

Footage showed the man, dressed in orange, walking across the corridor and appearing to glance at her unit.

He then headed to another unit to take the proof-of-delivery photo.

According to the footage, he appeared to "shake his phone" while taking the photo, before walking away with the parcel still in his hands.

Toh did not receive her parcel in the end.

"He can cry wolf"

Toh went on to lay out her suspicions about the deliveryman's alleged intent.

With his "proof of delivery", he could claim that he had erroneously made the delivery to the neighbour's unit, and accuse the neighbour of taking the parcel, she said.

"Imagine how this could create a huge misunderstanding with your neighbour if there's no evidence," she pointed out.

She added that she believed he had deliberately made the photo "a bit blurry" so he could later argue he had misread the unit number.

Without her doorbell footage, the situation could have become tricky, she said.

S$140 of coffee gear

Speaking with Mothership, Toh said she had first checked in with her neighbour over WhatsApp when she saw the "proof" that the item had been delivered to his unit.

It was only later, she said, that she reviewed the doorbell footage more closely and realised the rider had taken the item away.

"[You can give] him the benefit of doubt that he's too tired, too blur, too whatever... [but] in the end I didn't receive my parcel," she said.

She has since lodged a report with Shopee, who told her that they would need three days to investigate before deciding on the next course of action.

In response to Mothership's queries, a Shopee spokesperson said they take the matter "very seriously".

"Our investigations found that the delivery personnel failed to follow our delivery procedures when completing the delivery record.

The order has since been refunded, and disciplinary action has been taken against the personnel involved."

The incorrect proof did not end up causing any issues for the neighbour, the spokesperson clarified.

The spokesperson added that it is working with its delivery partner to improve compliance, and encouraged customers who encounter missing parcels to report them.

"We will investigate each case thoroughly and assist with refunds where appropriate," the spokesperson said.

A popular Japanese park where wild monkeys bathe in natural hot springs will cap daily visitor numbers and move to online ticketing from August 2026.

This follows a surge in crowds and a run of bad tourist behaviour, The Japan Times reported.

Tourists tried to bathe with the monkeys

Jigokudani Monkey Park is a popular attraction in Nagano, Japan, famous for its wild Japanese macaques.

In recent years, visitor numbers have climbed sharply, sometimes hitting 3,000 to 4,000 a day.

The vast majority are foreign tourists, according to a park official who declined to be named.

As the crowds grew, so did instances of poor behaviour, with some visitors trying to feed or touch the animals.

Some even tried to bathe with them, according to the report.

Not a human onsen: Park

The park's official guidance tells visitors not to feed, touch or stare at the monkeys, to keep their distance, and not to bring pets.

Those who break the rules may be asked to leave.

On bathing, the park is even more blunt. Its guide page states:

"Our facility is to provide the place for observation of monkeys' ecology to everyone. [It is] not an onsen (hot spring) facility for human bathing."

Overtourism problem

The official said the queues have become a major problem:

"We have been seeing incredibly long queues of visitors waiting outside the ticket booth. To ease that, we will have them buy tickets in advance online.”

The park will introduce the online booking system in August, with a possible daily cap of 2,000 people, according to The Japan Times.

On its own website, the park separately confirmed the change, saying it often receives more visitors than it can accommodate during the winter season, which leads to long queues outside the entrance.

It added that it will introduce online ticket sales with fixed visit dates to reduce crowding.

Part of a wider overtourism problem

The crackdown comes as Japan grapples with record tourist numbers.

About 42.7 million tourists visited Japan in 2025, an all-time high, with the weak yen making the country a more affordable "bucket list" destination.

That boom has also fuelled friction elsewhere.

In Kyoto, tourists have been accused of harassing kimono-clad geisha performers in the rush for photos.

A cherry blossom festival near Mount Fuji in Fujiyoshida was also cancelled after residents said their "quiet lives" were under threat, with complaints of trespassing, littering and people defecating in private gardens.

To head to university as a 19-year-old is exciting enough for many, to do so for double degrees is incredibly impressive.

But Guo Bin from Shanxi province in China is even more remarkable, as he has achieved these feats after being blinded at age six in a horrific attack.

Horrific attack

China Daily reported on Guo's past and current circumstances.

In 2013, his parents, who were farmers, found the boy in a field, his face covered in blood.

They took him to the hospital, only to find out that his eyes were missing.

His assailant is believed to be his aunt, who took her own life shortly after the attack.

No reason was ever found.

Wuhan school for the Blind

After undergoing a life-saving treatment, Guo was invited to join a community of blind students and mentors in Wuhan, reported China Daily on Jun. 24.

He was enrolled in the Wuhan School for the Blind, where he continued his studies in Braille and excelled academically.

"He explores every question repeatedly and helps classmates patiently," his math teacher said.

The teen also picked up music, co-founding Hubei's first blind electric band as well as mastering multiple instruments and winning national awards.

Sat for entrance exams

12 years later, he sat for China’s college entrance exams for students with disabilities, scoring an exemplary 721 out of 800.

He received high marks in math, Chinese, English, and top marks in anatomy, chemistry, and physics, according to the report.

Guo will attend Changchun University to pursue a double degree in computer science and traditional Chinese medicine.

Asked about his future, he said hopes to return to the Wuhan School for the Blind as a teacher to guide other visually impaired children.