SINGAPORE: A teacher has been fired after she allegedly abused several children at a preschool in Woodlands and investigations into the case are underway, a Member of Parliament (MP) for the area said on Monday (Aug 28). This comes after three videos of the teacher's interactions with children surfaced on
SINGAPORE: A teacher has been fired after she allegedly abused several children at a preschool in Woodlands and investigations into the case are underway, a Member of Parliament for the area said on Monday .In two videos, the teacher can be seen handling children roughly as she tries to force them to drink water. In one, a child wails loudly as she tries to hold their head back. In the other, the woman places a child on the floor and appears to pour water into their mouth.
Commenting on one of these posts, Sembawang GRC MP Poh Li San said that the Singapore Police Force and Early Childhood Development Authority were looking into the case. In response to a CNA query, SPF confirmed that a police report had been lodged regarding the case and that investigations are ongoing.
"I understand that the teacher has been dismissed and investigations by ECDA and the police are currently ongoing. I am assisting parents of affected children." However, she remembered that the teacher had been in charge of her son's class last year, and recalled an incident where he had expressed sadness upon seeing the teacher.
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