Parents of child left in trash-covered house booked... Investigation into abuse underway

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] A child who was alone in a house filled with garbage was rescued, and the police have launched an investigation.

The Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency announced on the 6th that the parents who left their two-year-old child unattended at home have been booked on charges of neglect under the Child Welfare Act.

At around 10:50 PM the previous day, the police responded to a report of a child crying continuously. When they arrived, the child was alone at home, and the house was reportedly filled with so much garbage that it was difficult to consider it a home where a child was being raised.

The police estimate that the child was alone for about six hours, based on the parents' absence and other factors.

The police immediately placed the child in a temporary infant care center and plan to investigate whether there was any abuse by the parents.

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