Wat has the world become?

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/-boy-held-by-teen-aunt-while-grandaunt-splashed-hot-oil-on-him.html

Read this article and felt 心寒。。人竟然可以如此残忍。。 如此严重的伤害他人。。甚至是亲戚的小孩。。。 世界变了吗？