SINGAPORE, July 8 -- A former infant care teacher has been jailed for 14 months for force-feeding a toddler and abusing two other babies, offences uncovered only after a whistle-blower alerted her pre-school to possible mistreatment.

According to The Straits Times, the 37-year-old woman - who cannot be named due to a gag order protecting the children - pleaded guilty to ill-treating a one-year-old girl. Two other charges involving an eight-month-old boy and a 10-month-old girl were taken into consideration during sentencing.

Force-feeding incident captured on CCTV

The court heard that on September 23, 2024, the teacher took four children to a nap room and handed each a milk bottle. When the one-year-old girl stopped drinking, the woman...