Man allegedly placed his hand in pre-schooler's diaper to molest her, 4 women accused of cover-up
Andrew Wong
The Straits Times
Feb 21, 2025
Four more individuals have been charged over their roles in the alleged sexual assault of a two-year-old girl in 2023.
On Feb 21, four women were charged after investigations revealed their alleged involvement in covering up another man's sexual assault on the child.
The women, aged 48, 58, 61 and 65, cannot be named due to a court-imposed gag order to protect the identity of the pre-schooler. They were each given one charge of intentionally omitting information on the alleged sexual assault.
The 48-year-old and 58-year-old women each face another charge of obstruction of justice as they allegedly reformatted the pre-school's closed-circuit television system on Nov 26, 2023, which contained a clip of the alleged offence.
The two of them were also given a third charge of obstruction of justice, allegedly committed between Nov 16 and 17 in 2023. The 48-year-old woman is said to have deleted a video clip of the alleged sexual assault in her WhatsApp chat with the 58-year-old woman, who was in Vietnam at the time.
The 61-year-old woman was given a second charge of engaging in a conspiracy with two other co-accused for the obstruction of justice.
None of the four have entered a plea of guilt, and they will return to the State Courts on March 21.
A spokesperson for the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) told The Straits Times that the four women were formerly management staff of the pre-school.
All four have since been removed from their postings.
"ECDA has also barred three of them from working in the pre-school sector since April 23, 2024, as they had failed in fulfilling their responsibilities to ensure the safety of the children and to promptly report the incident," the spokesperson said.
On Dec 6, 2023, a former pre-school staff member was charged with one count of using criminal force on a person below 14 years old with intent to outrage modesty.
According to court documents, he allegedly used criminal force on the toddler by placing his right hand inside her diaper to molest her on Nov 9, 2023.
Court systems show his case is scheduled to be heard again on March 18.
The man allegedly used criminal force on the toddler by placing his right hand inside her diaper and using his fingers to molest her. He is believed to be involved in other similar cases.
Posted by Stomp on Thursday 7 December 2023
Anyone who has knowledge that certain crimes have been committed, or know of a person's intention to commit such crimes, must give the information to the police, barring any reasonable excuse. Those who are legally bound but intentionally omit to give information relating to an offence can be jailed for up to six months, fined, or both.
Those who are found guilty of obstruction of justice may be jailed for up to seven years, fined, or both.
