新加坡：一名协助处理四岁女童洪美根（Megan Khung，音译）尸体并参与虐待她的共谋的女子，于周一（10月26日）认罪。
SINGAPORE: A woman who helped dispose of four-year-old Megan Khung's body and was part of the conspiracy to abuse her pleaded guilty on Monday (Oct 26).
在她死亡前的一年多时间里，洪美根遭到其母亲符丽萍（Foo Li Ping，音译）及其母亲的男友黄世祥（Wong Shi Xiang，音译）虐待，最终因被一拳打在腹部而死亡。
Megan had been abused by her mother, Foo Li Ping, and her mother's boyfriend Wong Shi Xiang, for over a year before she died as a result of a punch to her stomach.
洪美根死后，符丽萍和黄世祥在友人蔡若诗（Nouvelle Chua Ruoshi，音译）的帮助下处理了她的尸体。
After Megan's death, Foo and Wong disposed of her body with the help of their friend, Nouvelle Chua Ruoshi.
蔡若诗于周一对包括共谋虐待儿童、处理尸体和吸食毒品在内的指控认罪。
Chua pleaded guilty on Monday to charges that included conspiracy to commit child abuse, disposal of a corpse and drug consumption.
作为法庭审理的一部分，法庭播放了数段虐待视频片段，其中一些由蔡若诗拍摄。法官告知法庭内人员这些片段令人不适，请希望离场者自行离开。
As part of court proceedings, video clips of the abuse, some filmed by Chua, were played in court. The judge told those in the courtroom that the clips were distressing, asking those who wished to leave to do so.
背景：洪美根于2015年10月出生，父母为符丽萍及符丽萍当时的丈夫孔伟南（Khung Wei Nan，音译），后者在网上被称为Simonboy。符丽萍与孔伟南的婚姻破裂，符丽萍带着洪美根回到符母家居住。
BACKGROUND Megan was born to Foo and Foo's then husband, Khung Wei Nan or Simonboy as he is known online, in October 2015. Foo and Khung's marriage broke down, and Foo took Megan back to live with Foo's mother.
符丽萍于2018年底开始与黄世祥交往，并于2019年1月搬去与他同住，洪美根会在一些周末留宿。
Foo began dating Wong in late 2018 and moved to live with him from January 2019, with Megan staying over on some weekends.
2019年某个时候，蔡若诗结识了符丽萍，两人成为亲密朋友，蔡若诗带着女儿留宿在符丽萍的住处。
Sometime in 2019, Chua came to know Foo, and they became close friends, with Chua staying over at Foo's flat with her daughter.
从2019年2月开始，洪美根在留宿该住处期间遭到符丽萍和黄世祥虐待。
Megan was abused by Foo and Wong when she stayed at the flat from February 2019.
她因在家具上小便而被藤条抽打，留下瘀伤，还遭拍打、推搡、拳打，被强迫将脏尿布套在头上，并被迫从垃圾桶吃食物。
She was caned when she urinated on furniture, leaving bruises, slapped, pushed and punched, forced to wear a soiled diaper over her head and made to eat food from a dustbin.
在一段由蔡若诗拍摄的视频片段中，洪美根哭泣着，其母亲强迫她将脏尿布套在头上，她呜咽道：“我不要戴。”符丽萍将脏尿布套在洪美根头上，遮住其脸部和鼻子后，用力扇了她一巴掌。
In a video clip taken by Chua, Megan cried as her mother forced her to wear the soiled diaper on her head, whimpering: "I don't want to wear" After Foo placed the soiled diaper on Megan's head, covering her face and nose, she slapped her forcefully. After this, Megan whimpered: "Mommy, I can't see."
此后，洪美根呜咽道：“妈妈，我看不见。”符丽萍嘲讽地重复了她的话。
Foo repeated what she said mockingly.
在另一段视频中，梅根被拍到站在一栋楼宇脚下，脸上画满了红色的记号。在黄某在她脸上乱画后，她被游街示众，蔡某对此进行了录像。在另一次事件中，梅根的头发被剃光以羞辱她。
In another clip, Megan was shown standing at the foot of a block with red marks drawn all over her face. She had been paraded in public after Wong drew on her face, with Chua recording this. On another occasion, Megan's head was shaved to humiliate her.
从2020年1月开始，梅根被饿着肚子，以防止她在屋内随地大小便。由于伤口留下的血迹弄脏衣物，她不被允许穿衣服。
Megan was starved from January 2020 to prevent her from defecating around the house. She was not allowed to wear clothes because of the bloodstains left on the fabric by her wounds.
蔡某拍下了梅根在2020年2月反复向母亲请求允许穿上衣服的画面。梅根还被强迫睡在主卧室外面一个朝向下午阳光的花槽里。
Chua filmed Megan repeatedly asking her mother for permission to wear a shirt in February 2020. Megan was also made to sleep in a planter box outside the master bedroom which faced the afternoon sun.
蔡某叫符某把自己的鼻涕喂给梅根，因为她饿了；符某便用一块沾满鼻涕的手帕用力擦拭梅根的舌头。2020年2月21日，梅根被剥夺食物整整一天。
Chua told Foo to feed Megan her mucus since she was hungry, and Foo wiped a mucus-stained handkerchief forcefully over Megan's tongue. On Feb 21, 2020, Megan was deprived of food for the whole day.
符某和黄某让孩子站在他们面前，黄某斥责梅根后，用拳头击打她的腹部。拳头的力量导致梅根的后背重重撞在墙上，发出巨大的闷响。
Foo and Wong made the child stand in front of them and Wong scolded Megan before punching her in the stomach. The force of the punch caused Megan's back to hit against the wall with a loud thud.
蔡某于2020年2月22日凌晨抵达该单位，得知了发生的事情。她看到梅根躺在卧室地板上，双手捂着肚子痛苦呻吟。
Chua arrived at the flat in the early hours of Feb 22, 2020, and learnt what happened. She saw Megan lying on the bedroom floor holding onto her stomach in pain.
蔡某将此事告诉符某和黄某，但两人不予理会，称梅根只是想博取关注。随后，蔡某无视梅根，在客厅与这对夫妇一起吸食毒品。
Chua told Foo and Wong about this but they dismissed it and said Megan was merely trying to get attention. Chua then ignored Megan and joined the couple in taking drugs in the living room.
数小时后，蔡某看到梅根仍保持同一姿势。这伙人轮流对梅根进行心肺复苏。
Several hours later, Chua saw Megan in the same position. The group took turns to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Megan.
处理尸体 这伙人于2020年2月23日将梅根的遗体留在单位内，自己另寻住处，夫妇俩商议如何处理尸体。
THE DISPOSAL The group left Megan's body in the flat on Feb 23, 2020 and stayed elsewhere, with the couple discussing how to dispose of her body.
2020年5月8日，三人返回单位。黄某已将梅根的尸体包裹并放入一个箱子内，他与符某一起搬走了箱子。装着梅根尸体的箱子在一个车间的铁桶内焚烧了数小时。
On May 8, 2020, the trio returned to the flat. Wong had wrapped Megan's corpse and placed it in a box, and he retrieved the box with Foo. Megan's corpse, still in the box, was burnt in a metal barrel at a workshop for several hours.
黄某随后将桶内的骨灰扫入垃圾袋，独自驱车前往东海岸公园，将梅根的骨灰撒入大海。金属桶和梅根的遗骸从未被寻回。
Wong later swept the ashes inside the barrel into a trash bag and drove to East Coast Park on his own, scattering Megan's ashes into the sea. Neither the metal barrel nor Megan's remains were ever recovered.
Simonboy 于 2020 年 7 月 20 日就梅根的下落报警。三人随后被捕并被起诉。
Simonboy lodged a police report concerning the whereabouts of Megan on Jul 20, 2020. The trio were arrested and charged.
符某于 2025 年 4 月因包括容许儿童死亡、虐待儿童和弃尸在内的罪名，被判处 19 年监禁。具体而言，她因弃尸罪被判处 5 年半监禁。
Foo was sentenced in April 2025 to 19 years' jail for charges including allowing the death of a child, child abuse and disposing of a corpse. Specifically, her sentence for the disposal of a corpse charge was five-and-a-half years' jail.
黄某于 2025 年 4 月因包括误杀、吸食毒品和弃尸梅根尸体在内的罪名，被判处 30 年监禁和 17 下鞭刑。他因弃尸罪被判处 6 年监禁。
Wong received 30 years' jail and 17 strokes of the cane in April 2025 for charges including culpable homicide, drug consumption and disposing of Megan's corpse. His sentence for disposing of a corpse was six years' jail.
符某和黄某的判刑引发了社会及家庭发展部 (MSF) 对该案的复查。
The sentencing of Foo and Wong triggered a review of the case by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF).
一个复查小组于 2025 年 10 月指出，负责梅根福利的各机构存在严重缺失。
A review panel in October 2025 identified serious shortcomings across the agencies responsible for Megan's welfare.
2025 年 11 月，社会及家庭发展部表示，将在改进议定书和加强与警方在失踪儿童案件上的协调之外，设立社会服务协调中心。
In November 2025, MSF said it would establish a social services coordination centre on top of improving protocols and coordination with the police for missing children.
蔡某由 Trident Law 律师事务所的 Thangavelu 先生、Sugenya Manogaran 女士和 Tan Jun Yin 女士代表。就故意弃尸罪，蔡某最高可被判处 7 年监禁。
Chua is represented by Mr Thangavelu, Ms Sugenya Manogaran and Ms Tan Jun Yin from Trident Law. For intentionally disposing of a corpse, Chua can be jailed for up to seven years.