Kindergarten Teacher Who Put Foreign Substance in School Meal Released on Bail
[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] A special class teacher accused of putting foreign substances in meals at a kindergarten in Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, has been released on bail.
On the 8th, Judge Kim In-taek of the Criminal Division 5 at the Seoul Southern District Court granted the bail request of Park (48), stating there were "substantial reasons" to do so.
Park, who had previously filed a bail request on the 13th of last month, will now stand trial without being detained.
Park was arrested and indicted on July 6 for violating the Special Act on the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes (aggravated punishment for child abuse by workers at child welfare facilities) and property damage, among other charges.
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Park, who worked at a public kindergarten in Geumcheon-gu, is suspected of putting an unidentified liquid into a student's lunch container and a colleague teacher's coffee cup in November of last year. The medicine bottle Park possessed was found to contain ingredients such as mosquito repellent and surfactants.
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