Police Investigation Launched into Makjang Daycare Teacher Who Sprayed Water and Hit Nonverbal Disabled Child on the Head...

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[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Eun-young] Police have launched an investigation after it was confirmed that childcare teachers at a daycare center in Incheon abused a 5-year-old child with disabilities by spraying water on his head and hitting him.

On the 30th, the Seo-gu Police Station in Incheon stated that they are investigating following a report from a mother, Ms. B, who claimed that her son A (5), who has autism, was abused at a daycare center in Seo-gu on the 28th.

Ms. B, the mother of the victim, suspected abuse after her son exhibited unusual behavior and wounds were found on his face and body after attending the daycare center. She requested to review the daycare center's closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage. After reviewing the footage, she reported the incident to the police.

The footage secured by the police showed childcare teacher C spraying water on A’s head with a spray bottle and repeatedly pushing A with hands and feet, physically assaulting him.

Scenes were also captured of two other childcare teachers in their 20s, D and E, throwing toys at A and seemingly hitting his body with their hands. It was also revealed that D showed additional abuse by pushing or hitting the body of another 1-year-old boy with his hands.

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There are also indications that the abuse was attempted to be concealed. The victim’s parent, Ms. B, said, "The teacher told him 'Don’t tell anyone.' That’s why the child was too scared to speak. Also, he would wake up in the middle of the night crying, saying 'I’m scared, a goblin appeared,'" indicating that the daycare center tried to cover up the abuse.

At the time, there were two other childcare teachers present besides these three, but none of them intervened to stop the abuse.

The police are currently analyzing three months’ worth of CCTV footage from the daycare center, covering the period from September 28 to December 28, to check for other signs of abuse. After completing the analysis and victim interviews, they plan to summon teacher C and others to confirm the exact circumstances.

A police official stated, "We will investigate whether other teachers besides the ones involved in abuse are guilty of neglect," and added, "We also plan to verify whether the director properly supervised the daycare center."

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