A father who whipped his “severely autistic” son over the legs with a coathanger has been fined $1200 by a magistrate who said to use a weapon on his child involved “an appalling lack of judgement”.Szu Sheng Lo, 41, admitted assaulting the 12-year-old after he had a “meltdown” at their in Canning Vale home in December. Lo previously claimed there was a “cultural element” to the act of discipline, saying he was punished that way by his primary school teacher and it “worked on me”.
Maybe Szu Sheng Lo should have been given a coat hanger whipping instead of the fine.
