System failed to protect Megan, say social workers; pre-school not solely responsible

Her teachers were quick to pick up on signs of abuse, says Singapore Children's Society

- Syarafana Shafeeq

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 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.

Its remarks came a day after the authorities laid out the sequence of events that took place before Megan died in February 2020, saying that Beyond Social Services - which runs the pre-school she attended - did not "fully describe the severity" of her injuries.