Preschool Teacher Who Hit and Pushed 3-Year-Old with Brain Tumor Sent to Prosecution

Childcare Teacher "Experienced Childcare Stress"

A childcare teacher at a daycare center was handed over to the prosecution on charges of repeatedly abusing a 3-year-old child suffering from a brain tumor.

On the 23rd, the Women and Juvenile Crime Investigation Division of the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency announced that they had sent a woman in her 20s, identified as childcare teacher A, to the prosecution on charges of child abuse under the Child Welfare Act.

A is accused of abusing two children, including B (3), who has a brain tumor, at a daycare center in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, 26 times between January and March.

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Closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage from the daycare center reportedly shows A hitting B's face with her hand and pushing him against a wall because he refused to take cold medicine. During the investigation following a report from B's parents, the police also found evidence that A abused another child, C (2).

However, the police did not file charges against the daycare center director, as no negligence in management or supervision was confirmed.

During the police investigation, A reportedly partially admitted to the charges, stating that she was under childcare-related stress.

A police official said, "After receiving a report from the child's parents and reviewing four months of CCTV footage from the daycare center, we confirmed evidence of A's abuse and sent the case to the prosecution."

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