Mother in Her 40s Booked for Striking 9-Year-Old Son on Children's Day

Reported by Prayer House Acquaintance: Claims of Routine Corporal Punishment with a Switch
Child Separated to Protective Facility; Police Investigating Possible Additional Abuse

In Cheongju, a woman in her 40s is under police investigation on suspicion of assaulting her elementary school-aged son. The child has been separated and placed in a protective facility by the local authorities.

Cheongju Cheongwon Police Station

According to Yonhap News on May 7, the Cheongju Cheongwon Police Station announced that they have booked a woman in her 40s, identified as Ms. A, without detention on suspicion of violating the Child Welfare Act and are currently investigating her.

Ms. A is accused of striking her 9-year-old son, referred to as B, once on the buttocks with her hand at a church prayer house in Cheongju at around 11 p.m. on Children's Day, May 5.

The police investigation found that Ms. A acted this way because B returned late after helping with farm work following a church elder that day.

The report was filed by an acquaintance who had been living with them at the prayer house. It has been reported that this acquaintance told police, "Ms. A would often discipline the child with a switch, so I reported her to raise awareness."

The Cheongju municipal government has separated B and placed him in a protective facility. The police are investigating the situation at the time of the incident, as well as whether there was any additional abuse during the child's upbringing, based on the informant's testimony and other evidence.

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