Prosecutors Demand Life Sentence for Adoptive Father in Hwaseong Adopted Child Abuse Death Case

Foster father A, who was charged with serious injury under the Special Act on the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes for abusing a two-year-old adopted child and leaving the child in an unconscious state, is coming out of the detention center at Suwon Nambu Police Station in Gyeonggi-do on the afternoon of the 11th to attend the pre-arrest suspect interrogation (warrant review).
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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Seung-jin] The prosecution has sought a life sentence for the adoptive father accused of beating a two-year-old adopted child to death in the "Hwaseong Adopted Child Abuse Death Case."

At the sentencing hearing held on the 5th at the Suwon District Court Criminal Division 15 (Presiding Judge Jo Hyu-ok), the prosecution requested this sentence for the adoptive father A (36), who was charged with child abuse resulting in death and other offenses.

For the adoptive mother B (35), who was charged with child abuse resulting in death and other offenses, the prosecution sought a 10-year prison sentence.

A was charged with repeatedly hitting the adopted child C (2), born in August 2018 and 33 months old at the time, with a wooden back scratcher, a shoehorn, and hands from mid-April to early May at their residence in Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, on the grounds that the child was disobedient and stubborn.

Both individuals are also accused of neglecting to take C, who fell into a semi-comatose state due to the assault on May 8, to the hospital immediately and leaving her unattended for about seven hours.

C was eventually transferred to a hospital and received treatment but ultimately passed away on July 11.

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