SINGAPORE: A kindergarten teacher from a PAP
Community Foundation Education Centre has been charged with
ill-treating a five-year-old child under her
care.
The court heard that the 25-year-old woman asked the
girl to remove her clothes and stand naked in front of her
classmates.
She also faced three other charges of using criminal
force on the child.
The woman allegedly swung the girl against a white board, causing
her to hurt her head.
She's also alleged to have pushed the child twice - one caused the
child's forehead to hit a wooden shelf and another sent her falling
onto a basket of toys.
The four incidents allegedly happened between July and August
2011.
The teacher cannot be named to protect the child's identity.
If found guilty of ill-treatment, the woman could be jailed four
years and fined.
For using criminal force without provocation, she could be jailed
three months and fined S$1,500 for each charge.
She will next appear in court on September 5.
- CNA/cc
