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SINGAPORE: A preschool teacher allegedly ill-treated three babies in her care, including force-feeding a child until she vomited and stuffing a bib into a baby’s mouth.<\/p>\n
The 36-year-old Singaporean woman, whose name was redacted from charge sheets, was on Thursday (Nov 20) handed three counts of ill-treating children under her care.<\/p>\n
A gag order was issued to protect the identities of the victims. It covers the incident location as the accused is a preschool teacher, court records state.<\/p>\n
The woman is accused of ill-treating a 12-month-old girl between 12.03pm and 12.07pm on Sep 23, 2024, by force-feeding her until she vomited.<\/p>\n
She also allegedly hit the child on her face and back.<\/p>\n
Two days later, at around 5pm, the woman allegedly stuffed a bib into an eight-month-old child’s mouth. She is also accused of putting a blanket over the child’s face.<\/p>\n
At about 5.30pm that same day, the woman allegedly hit the hand of a 10-month-old child and dropped the bumper chair in which the child was sitting “from knee height”.<\/p>\n
The woman did not made an indication of how she would plead. She was offered bail of S$15,000 (US$11,500) and her case will be mentioned again in December.<\/p>\n
If convicted of ill-treating a child under her care, she could be jailed for up to eight years, fined up to S$8,000, or both.<\/p>\n
CNA has contacted the Early Childhood Development Agency for more information.<\/p>\n
This is the latest in a string of crimes at preschools.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In July, a former preschool teacher who deliberately tripped a toddler was jailed.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, a former preschool cook was jailed for regularly molesting toddlers during naptime.<\/p>\n
Last month, a former preschool teacher was convicted of ill-treating a two-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n