Netizens continue to slam parents of baby inside locked car, seek intervention of social services
NETIZENS continue to slam the parents of a baby who was caught on video crying from inside their locked car at a shopping mall in Pasig City.
“If this can be done when out, what more if inside their household?” commented netizen Dee del Carmen. “I hope everyone can unite and make sure this is addressed. This is a serious red flag and obviously child abuse! I wouldn’t let my dog all alone inside a car, how much more a child?”
“Mga walang kwentang magulang!” (What irresponsible parents.) exclaimed Bheng Cachola. “Pwede silang kasuhan ng DSWD! Hindi sila marunong mag-alaga!” (They can be charged by the DSWD! They don’t know how to take care of their child!)
“Kahit ano pang dahilan, parang pabaya naman masyado ang mga nag-aalaga sa kanya,” (No matter what happened, whoever took care of this child is negligent.) said Vladimir Amadeus Felizco Mendoza.
“Can we have official help for the child? It is clearly a case of child abuse!” said Popoy Bernardino. “Those parents need to be punished! Hindi ako naniniwalang first time, at iyan ang magiging last time na gagawin nila iyan!” (I don’t believe that’ll be the first and last time they will ever do it to their child.)
The video was filmed by netizen Jasper Pascual, who called the attention of the Metrowalk security and posted the incident on his Facebook page on Sunday night.
“So pauwi na ako from Metrowalk and I was parked beside this Toyota Fortuner [plate number WMI 661], nang mapansin ko na may parang umiiyak na bata,” according to Pascual.
(I was leaving Metrowalk and I was parked beside this Toyota Fortuner when I discovered a crying baby.)
“But then, even before I rode my car, the baby just banged on the window and cried even louder. It’s a cry for help,” said Pascual.
He said that the baby was alone in the SUV with the air conditioning unit switched off.
“Sa dilim ng parking area ng Metrowalk maiisip mo ba na may baby sa loob ng kotse na walang kasama?” Pascual asked.
(With a dimly lit parking area at Metrowalk, who would think that there was a baby without a companion inside the vehicle?)
Pascual said he asked for the help of mall security who looked for the child’s parents, as other people began to notice the baby’s loud cries.
In the video, Pascual almost wanted to smash the car’s windows, with some netizens urging him to do so.
“Dapat binasag mo na ang bintana!” (You should have broken the windows!) exclaimed Julius Placido. “You should’ve let the parents know the extent of how irresponsible they were and left a very irritating cost for window repair. They won’t be able to charge you anything since you did what is right and if it all comes down to it even if they file a case against you for destroying their property the court will favor you since you did the right thing and saved the child. Also the court will protect you and file a child abuse case against the parents.”
Arriving on the scene, the child’s parents even argued with security.
House Bill 6570 prohibits leaving children below the age of eight unattended in motor vehicles. ARIC JOHN SY CUA
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