"Forced to Drink 7 Cups of Water Until Vomiting": Daycare Tortured 3-Year-Old... Multiple Additional Abuses Discovered

An incident of abuse against a 3-year-old child occurred at a national public daycare center located in Ulsan. Photo by MBN News Screen Capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Nana] At a public daycare center in Ulsan, a 3-year-old child was subjected to abuse akin to water torture, but the police initially dismissed the matter. However, a recent reinvestigation uncovered additional signs of abuse.

The police stated that through reinvestigation, including reanalyzing the daycare center's CCTV footage, they discovered multiple additional signs of abuse and have forwarded the case to the prosecution.

Previously, in November 2019, the police began an investigation following a report from a kindergarten student's parent and analyzed two months' worth of CCTV footage.

The police handed over about 20 cases of suspected abuse to the prosecution, but the CCTV footage obtained by the child's parents through the court revealed many more additional signs of abuse.

For example, the childcare teacher forcibly made the 3-year-old drink seven cups of water over 20 minutes until vomiting, or poured leftover food from the child's friends onto the child's tray to make them eat it?details that were missing from the initial police investigation.

Ultimately, in December last year, just one day before the court sentencing of two childcare teachers and the director, the prosecution's request to resume arguments delayed the sentencing, and the police began reinvestigation.

The police, who belatedly acknowledged their mistake and started the reinvestigation, reportedly found over 80 additional cases of abuse beyond the previously revealed charges.

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