Man Exposed Daughter's Identity in Breach of Court Order After Her Removal From His Care

A man exposed the identity of his teenage daughter despite court orders not to do so, after she was placed in the care of her grandparents to prevent him from emotionally abusing her.

- Selina Lum

He also disclosed her identity when he sent e-mails to various foreign embassies to seek political asylum, saying that he wanted to relocate out of Asean and the Commonwealth to return to his "Ural-Altaic" roots, seemingly referring to a language grouping largely rejected by modern linguists.

In a written judgment published on July 26, a Youth Court judge said the girl, who is now 16 years old, should not be returned to the man's care until he is sufficiently fit to care for her.

District Judge Wendy Yu considered the man's breaches of court orders, such as by disclosing her identity to others, and his refusal to accept professional attempts to help ease the girl back to living with him.

The judge said: "The father's recent act of disclosing the child's identity...by copying the multiple foreign embassies also persuaded me that the father still does not seem to have insight currently as to how his conduct would compromise the well-being of the child."

Nevertheless, the judge said attempts should be made to heal the father-daughter relationship.