Mustaqim Rosli was given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal in November over the charge of allowing his child’s death.
SINGAPORE: A man who was charged with a criminal offence after his infant was found dead was given a discharge not amounting to acquittal, a spokesperson for the Attorney-General’s Chambers confirmed with CNA on Thursday (Aug 29).
News reports in May last year stated that Mustaqim Rosli, then 31, was charged over the death of Nur Misha Syaifa Mustaqim.
However, a coroner’s inquiry into the death of the two-month-old girl on Tuesday revealed that the police concluded in their investigations that there was no foul play involved.
Initially, Nur Misha’s mother had told the police that she had seen Mustaqim suffocating the baby.
She later withdrew this account and said she said so as she was feeling a sense of loss and was worried for the family.
In response to CNA’s queries about the outcome of Mustaqim’s case, the AGC said on Thursday that Mustaqim initially faced a charge for allowing the death of a child below 14 in the same household.
“After careful consideration of the facts and circumstances of the matter, the prosecution applied for a discharge not amounting to an acquittal in relation to the abovementioned charge. This was granted by the court on Nov 7, 2023,” said the spokesperson.
She added that the prosecution will be taking no further action in relation to Nur Misha’s death.
A discharge not amounting to an acquittal differs from a discharge amounting to an acquittal in that it gives room for the prosecution to reopen the case under the same charge if new evidence emerges.
Nur Misha’s cause of death could not be ascertained via autopsy.
The coroner has yet to release his findings on her death.