SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A Singapore government officer posted to Britain was counselled and warned after he left his children alone at home while they were asleep to pick up his spouse at night. In response to queries from ST, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was aware of an incident regarding alleged child neglect by a public officer attached to the Singapore High Commission in London. This was included in the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s annual report to the British Parliament on offences committed by people with diplomatic immunity. During the incident in September 2023, one child woke up and left the locked house to look for the man and his spouse. “The officer had cooperated fully in the investigation and diplomatic immunity was not invoked at any point,” it added.

Source: The Star November 16, 2024 06:17 UTC