A sadistic Brooklyn mom whipped her 2-year-old son with a bamboo rod during a savage head-to-toe thrashing and then refused to get him medical help for two days, authorities said.
Victim Ryan Gao, his tiny body turned black and blue from bumps, bruises and bite marks, was in critical condition Saturday at Maimonides Medical Center as his mother was arraigned.
Yayun Weng, 27, was held on $50,000 bail after a Brooklyn court hearing where spectators gasped as details of her helpless only child’s injuries were revealed. Prosecutors said she confessed to the heinous assault — beating the boy’s feet with the bamboo rod and an open hand, biting his legs and pinching him everywhere.
The toddler “has bruises over his entire body, multiple bite marks, swelling and bumps to the head, and internal head injuries,” according to prosecutors.
Though the attack occurred Tuesday, Weng didn’t bring the critically injured child to the emergency room until around 8 p.m. two days later, cops said.
The attending doctor, stunned by the severity of the injuries, immediately dialed 911 and Weng was arrested the same day inside the hospital, authorities said.
The child, who turned 2 just two weeks earlier, was bruised over 90% of his body. Weng reportedly detailed what happened in an interview with the NYPD’s Brooklyn Child Abuse Squad.
A prosecutor, in asking for $100,000 bail, offered to show Judge Jo Ann Ferdinand photos of the injured child attached to tubes and machines in the hospital ICU. The judge declined.
The father works long hours as a cook and is frequently not home, a police source said. He declined to speak with a reporter after his wife’s arraignment.
The family, who live in a subdivided apartment on Seventh Ave. in Sunset Park, had no history of domestic incidents involving police or the Administration for Children’s Services, officials said.
Weng, who speaks only Mandarin, pleaded not guilty to charges of assault, menacing, endangering the welfare of a child and harassment.
She is due back in court on Thursday, likely to face upgraded charges because of the viciousness of the beating, officials said.
Neighbors in the building were reeling from the arrest and the unspeakable details.
“This is a real family neighborhood,” said neighbor Hector Vasquez, 55. “That’s unheard of around here. It’s just shocking to hear about something like that. It’s unbelievable.”
With Barry Paddock and Tina Moore
