Singapore social workers say the system failed to protect four-year-old Megan Khung; pre-school not solely responsible

Megan Khung was abused by her mother Foo Li Ping and the woman's then boyfriend Wong Shi Xiang for months before she died. - Photo: Instagram

SINGAPORE: It was a collective failure of the system that led to the unfortunate demise of four-year-old Megan Khung, said the Singapore Children’s Society and other social workers on Wednesday (April 9).

While there might have been shortcomings in terms of how the pre-school had surfaced its concerns, Megan’s teachers had been “very quick” to pick up on the physical signs of abuse when it first started, the society said in a statement.