Schools' Procedures for Students Involved in Police Investigations

8 Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Acting Minister for Education (Schools) (a) how do the Ministry and schools keep parents and guardians informed of developments when students are engaged in the law enforcement process; (b) what is being done to monitor and ensure compliance to the protocols put in place to protect minors who are subject to Police interviews or investigation; (c) how are these protocols reviewed, updated and improved upon; and (d) how does the Ministry ensure that these protocols are consistent with relevant laws and Singapore's obligations as a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

9 Mr Ang Wei Neng asked the Acting Minister for Education (Schools) what are the schools' procedures when the Police go to a school to interview a student in relation to a crime and later decide to bring the student to the police station for further questioning.

The Acting Minister for Education (Schools) (Mr Ng Chee Meng): Mdm Speaker, may I have your permission to take Question Nos 8 to 9 later in a Ministerial Statement, following the Minister for Home Affairs?

Mdm Speaker: I give my permission. Mr Saktiandi Supaat, Question No 10.