More than just a fractured shin

Is the CEO of NTUC's My First Campus, Chan Tee Seng, attempting to hoodwink Singaporeans? He claimed that the My First Skool childcare centre did not try to hide any information from the parents and that there were no witnesses to the incident.

This was during a press conference where Chan offered his most sincere apologies to the parents of a boy who suffered a fractured shin after being manhandled by a childcare teacher under the employment of My First Skool. While the incident was regrettable, the more important issue is more than a fractured shin. Did the centre try to hide the truth from the parents? Is Chan being completely honest with the public?

When the parents were informed of their child condition, they were apparently told by the centre that the boy suffered a fall. The centre were also reluctant to let the parents view the CCTV recordings. I don't think the parents would fabricate events and then make a police report. So what if the parents of the boy did not insist on viewing on CCTV? Would the crime have been covered up? Fortunately, they did view the CCTV recording and a police report was made.



All of us can have a bad day at work. When emotions run high, we do things that we regret later. While that might be understandable, what about those who keep quiet when something wrong is going on, or try to cover up for the initial mistake with more lies?

In the CCTV recording, there were obviously other teachers around. They chose to ignore the what was going on or perhaps they were so used to such abuses. Worse, in previous instances, they might be similarly using such rough hands on the children. The childcare centre then tried to hide the truth from the parents and it seems that their CEO have taken a similar stance.

More than just a fractured shin, do our leaders have a nasty habit of squirming around the truth and wriggling their way out? Or take a leaf from Mr Palmer's book and exit through the front door when the game is up.