I spent 3 days to process on this case.
Between mistakes and responsibilities, right and wrong. What lessons should we learn from such tragedy?
How can anyone be so inhumane toward a helpless child? To unleash terrible abuse for 13 months and still be allowed to stand in court as a human?
No resolution can be found in news outlets, they presented concise facts and angles to stir emotions, that is understandable.
I turned stones to find if there could be any materials to provide some personal answer. And I found it in the High court proceedings.
it was a 40 minute read on the court sentence. Taxing yet necessary, because I cannot resolve the questions I had before.
This case left me with great dissatisfaction about living life and the subject about fairness. The only way, is to see or read on the available fact in it’s entirety (evidences), and judge the matter according to the law.
I cannot imagine what went through minds of investigating officials who witnessed 7 footages of insults and acts of humiliation leashed out on Megan. (Video clips roughly total up to 12 minutes or more)
I found, indeed there is a system to measure justice. Sentence meted out was well put out and citations supported by other cases, strangely comforting. Simply because it acknowledged what Megan went through and the law will execute judgement.
Outcome wasn’t the best personally, but I was convinced by the verdict,
No there are no winners. No good lessons, no moral of the story, there is nothing in this world that could justify this tragedy.
If there is just one tiny thought I can share as a personal closure.
To little “Megans” who are still in this world. You are not a mistake. You are not responsible for your parent’s mistakes. You are young, courageous and strong.
You can withstand those abuse and grow up to be a decent human being.
You still have a chance.
if you ever read this post, and if you are a abused child in the past.
Remember, Megan was never given the chance to grow up.
Please live on and have a good life on the behalf of a girl named Megan Khung Yu Wai. (4 October 2015 – 22 Feburary 2020)
Progression of Abuse started on February 2019
Bruises on face, arms and feet – caused by slap, hit by hose, caning, assorted punishments
Megan withdrawn from Preschool
Soiled Diaper placed on her head covering eyes and nose (recorded footage)
Make up products drawn on her face (recorded footage)
Starved and denied from food
Food denied when requested
Clothes removed due to blood stains stuck onto clothes
Moved from sleeping in bedroom to planter box (in balcony) – No pillow no blanket
Suffered heat stroke (one occasion)
Mother blew mucus onto handkerchief and forced onto Megan mouth (recorded footage)
Mother’s boyfriend shaved Megan’s head
Mother refused to give food when Megan begged (footage recorded)
Hit by hose leaving bruises and bleeding
Crooked jaw when being hit by mother’s boyfriend
Hit by baton
Hard slap and punched in the chest, pulled back and slapped hard the second time
21 February – Punched in the stomach
22 February Midnight – Still lying on the ground
Several hours later, noticed vomit clear content with black membrane from Megan’s mouth
Megan’s Body
Wrapped with blanket and several layers of cling wrap and brown tape
Placed in Toyogo Box (Plastic storage box) sealed with plastic wrap and cement lid
8 May –
About 5am – Megan was transported to a warehouse
About 6am – Toyogo box placed in a metal barrel (specially designed ad custom made for 2 months)
Between 10 – 11am – Burning ended. Megan’s ashes were swept and put into a trash bag and scattered into the sea
Metal Barrel used to burn the box and Megan’s ashes were never recovered.
To Judge Hoo, Prosecutors Han Ming Kuang, Marcus Foo, Goh Qi Shuen (Attorney-General’s Chambers) for the Prosecution
And all the IOs from Criminal to Forensic division. Thank you for all your hard work.
On 09 April 2025 ST wrote an article about Megan’s case and paved new enchantment plans to future intervene child abuse by Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA).
Info from Megan Khung’s pre-school gave no reason for ECDA to suspect girl’s abuse: MSF
We have to thank everyone’s effort on the focus given to Megan’s case so much so that the relevant agencies have acted swiftly. In hopes to prevent future tragedies from happening.