Jail for pre-school teacher who failed to protect toddler abused by her colleague

SINGAPORE: A pre-school teacher, who saw her female colleague abusing a one-year-old girl under their care but did not intervene, was sentenced to 14 days’ jail on April 23.

The 29-year-old Chinese national pleaded guilty on April 10 to one count of failing to take steps to protect the child from being abused by a 30-year-old fellow pre-school teacher.