Six Incheon Childcare Teachers Prosecuted for Habitual Abuse of Children Including Those with Disabilities
Former Director Indicted on Charges of Aiding and Abetting Child Abuse
[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Childcare teachers at a public daycare center in Incheon have been brought to trial on charges of habitual abuse of 10 children, including children with disabilities.
The Women and Children Crime Investigation Division of the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Kim Heekyung) announced on the 9th that two childcare teachers, including teacher A, were arrested and indicted on charges of violating the Special Act on the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes, while four other childcare teachers were indicted without detention.
The prosecution also indicted the former director B of the daycare center without detention on charges of aiding and abetting child abuse by employees of child welfare facilities under the Special Act on the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes.
The six childcare teachers, including A, are accused of habitually abusing 10 children aged 1 to 6, including five children diagnosed with autism or showing signs of disabilities, at a public daycare center in Seo-gu, Incheon, from November to December last year.
B is accused of aiding and abetting the habitual abuse by failing to properly manage and supervise these childcare teachers.
According to the police investigation, suspected abusive acts by the six childcare teachers confirmed through two months of CCTV footage from the daycare center amounted to about 200 incidents.
The parents of the victims claimed that the childcare teachers grabbed the children by their hair and dragged them or hit their faces with mops. Actual daycare center CCTV footage showed childcare teachers pushing children into lockers and closing the doors or spraying water on the children with spray bottles.
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The CCTV also captured scenes where cushions were swung in the air and hit disabled children, and where childcare teachers sat around in the classroom grilling meat while the children were left unattended.
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