May 8, 2010
'MONSTER DAD' WHO RAPED DAUGHTER
MCYS not aware of case
Man jailed for molesting daughter returned home, raped her and made her pregnant at 16
By Melissa Sim & Melissa Kok
A CONVICTED molester was allowed to return to his family after serving jail time, where he began abusing his daughter again, this time committing the far worse crime of rape, because child protection authorities did not know about the case. The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) told The Straits Times the standard procedure is to monitor the family closely and make sure a child is safe before allowing her to be reunited with the abuser and the family. Typically, the police refer sexual abuse cases to the Child Protection Service (CPS) once a police report is made, but MCYS said neither the first offence of molest nor the second one of rape was referred to them.
Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.
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