Woman allegedly ill-treated 3 children at MOE kindergarten in one day
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The woman was on Sept 11 charged with three counts of inflicting unnecessary physical pain and suffering to the children.
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- A Singaporean woman is accused of ill-treating three five-year-old children at an MOE kindergarten on July 25, 2024.
- Among other things, she allegedly pulled two boys by their arms.
- She is expected to plead guilty on Oct 28.
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SINGAPORE – A woman allegedly ill-treated three five-year-old children at a Ministry of Education kindergarten in July 2024.
On Sept 11, the 34-year-old Singaporean, who was then working for an unnamed external vendor, was charged with three counts of inflicting unnecessary physical pain and suffering on the children.
Details about her and the kindergarten’s location cannot be disclosed due to a gag order.
On July 25, 2024, she allegedly pulled one of the children by his arm and shoved him towards a wall, causing him to fall.
She is also accused of performing similar acts of abuse against a second boy that day and of ill-treating a little girl, by first making her eat her meal while standing and then shoving her behind a wall.
She is expected to plead guilty on Oct 28.
Several former pre-school teachers were dealt with in court in recent months for ill-treating children in unrelated cases.
One of them, Alamelu Paramaguru, 57, was sentenced to four days’ jail in August
She had forcefully kicked and bruised the child’s shin in April 2024.
A second offender, Saiidah Kamarudin, 34, was sentenced to nine months and two weeks’ jail
Her actions caused the child to fall on her face in one instance, causing a nose bleed.
