VietNamNet Bridge – Police in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap have arrested and prosecuted a 29-year-old woman for brutally torturing her nine-month-old baby.

Following a tip-off from a neighbor, a health officer in Long Hau commune, Lai Vung District, found the baby, named Nguyen Thi Nhu Y, covered in bruises and scorch marks.

According to doctors from the Dong Thap General Hospital, the baby has bruises and wounds all over her legs and feet.

The police later found out she was beaten by her mother, Nguyen Thi Xuan Lan, and 34-year-old stepfather, Le Thanh Tam.

The baby and her mother at the hospital.

The couple admitted to beating the baby, with Tam capturing the gruesome images on his phone’s camera.

After the baby was hospitalized, the mother was permitted to enter the hospital to care for her baby. However, Lan was not interested, so she was separated from the child.

The mother was then summoned for questioning and arrested along with her husband. Area police have prosecuted her for maltreating her baby.

Lan’s parents are also banned from leaving Dong Thap to investigate their involvement.

According to doctors, the baby is recovering very well.

Some agencies have proposed to bring up the child.

PV