Teacher who poured 7 cups of water into a 3-year-old child every day…

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In the case of a teacher’s near-water torture abuse of a 3-year-old child at a public nursery school in Ulsan, a medical group will deliver an official statement of opinion to the prosecutors and courts asking for the charge of “attempt to kill”.

According to the Korean Pediatrics and Adolescents Medical Association on the 7th, they submit their opinions of 5 sheets of A4 paper to the prosecution in the morning of tomorrow (8th). “If a 3-year-old child is forced to drink 7 cups of water for 13 minutes almost every day, the sodium level in the blood drops and the water moves to the brain cells, causing the brain to become swollen, leading to death.” have.

The opinion also stated, “This is also in pediatric science textbooks,” and “Even adults can die from acute water poisoning under such circumstances.” Accordingly, he argued that this case should be applied to the allegation of attempted murder, not simple child abuse.

Lim Hyun-taek, chairman of the Socheong Medical Association, said, “There is brain edema, so the brain can go wrong, and the heart can go wrong.”

Earlier, the Ulsan Southern Police Department received a report of suspected child abuse from parents in November 2019 and initiated an investigation into a Korean public daycare center in Ulsan, confirmed 28 cases of abuse and sent the case to the prosecution. A trial was proceeded against the two child care teachers and the director, but there was a controversy over the investigation of insolvency as the so-called’water torture’, which forced the child to vomit by feeding water to the child, was not included in the police investigation.

In addition, even though the child did not like to eat the leftover food waste by another child, the spoon was forcibly squeezed in and the water left by other children was also caught.

As a result, the sentence was postponed as the prosecution applied for resumption of pleadings one day before the court sentence last December, and the police were forced to re-investigate. The Ulsan Southern Police Station admitted insolvent, saying, “There seems to be a lack of in the investigation at the time.”

The prosecution plans to merge the cases and investigate as three to four more children have been identified.

Reporter Ham Min-jung and Kim Da-young [email protected]