Mr Goh said that there were two rounds of police reports filed, with the first made in January 2020 by Megan’s grandmother. Further police reports were made later that year in July by Megan’s grandmother and father.
He added that the IO who handled the first police report and her supervisor had failed to follow the police’s procedures to escalate the case to regular case review sessions for monitoring and guidance.
“The IO had assessed this as a case of child discipline with low safety concerns based on the information that she was presented with at that time,” Mr Goh added.
“Following the report, the IO attempted to contact Megan’s mother over the next two weeks, but could not reach her. She did not follow up beyond that because she was then redeployed for COVID-19 related duties.”
Despite this, the case would typically have been followed up on if the IO and her supervisor had escalated the case to the regular case review sessions, said Mr Goh.
