On Monday, Teo Guan Huat, who had been employed as a cook by the preschool, pleaded guilty to three counts of molestation of minors. Another five charges will be considered in sentencing.
The 61-year-old Malaysian and Singapore permanent resident molested three girls during naptime while other teachers were present.
The name of the preschool cannot be published due to a gag order protecting the identities of the victims, who were between one and two years old at the time of the offences, which took place over seven months in 2023.
Teo worked for the preschool for about a year before he resigned from his position in late 2023 after his crimes were discovered.
Apart from his duties as a cook, Teo also escorted children at the preschool to a teacher for showers and helped take care of them at naptime. He would help lay out mattresses in the nap room and pat the children to sleep.
On Nov 16, 2023, an employee not named in court papers reviewed closed-circuit television footage for an unrelated matter and saw Teo inserting his hand under the diaper of a two-year-old girl.
