Father Arrested for Assaulting 5-Year-Old Son Over Cake Request and Threatening Wife

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] A man in his 40s who hit his 5-year-old son for asking to buy a cake and threatened to stab his wife with a weapon was arrested by the police.

According to the police on the 29th, the Seocho Police Station in Seoul is investigating a man in his 40s, Mr. A, on charges of child abuse and threats.

Mr. A is accused of assaulting his 5-year-old son and threatening to stab his wife with a weapon when she tried to report the incident at an apartment in Seocho-gu around 9:30 p.m. the previous day.

The police, who responded to a report from Mr. A's wife, took Mr. A into custody for questioning. Mr. A's wife reportedly told the police, "When the child urged to go eat cake, my husband hit the child."

The police separated Mr. A from his son and wife.

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