A 28-year-old former employee of the facility was arrested at a support facility for persons with disabilities in Wakkanai City, Hokkaido, for assaulting a resident and trampling his body.
Investigators say he has denied the allegations.
Ayaka Wakamiya (28), a care worker in Wakkanai, was arrested.
According to police investigations, Wakamiya was working as a staff member at Wakkanai Hamanasu Gakuen, a support facility for persons with disabilities in Wakkanai City, in June last year when he pulled down a 47-year-old female resident and stepped on her body. There is a suspicion of assault for intentionally falling over with a leg.
In addition, according to the social welfare corporation that operates the facility, Wakamiya was severely punished by the facility four years ago during his tenure, due to inappropriate behavior toward residents, and voluntarily resigned in October the year before. was doing.
Last month, the police received information about the assault from the people concerned and were proceeding with the investigation, so they decided to investigate in more detail whether the abuse had become normal in the facility.
According to investigative sources, he denied the allegations against the investigation.
Suspect given two warnings
According to Midorigaoka Gakuen, a social welfare corporation in Wakkanai City that operates the Wakkanai Hamanasu Gakuen, a support facility for people with disabilities, former employee Wakamiya, who was arrested on suspicion of assault, was at the facility from May 2017 to October 2017. I mean I was working.
Four years ago, Wakamiya received a strict warning from the facility for inappropriate behavior towards residents.
After that, in June of the same year, he was severely cautioned again for a similar act, and in October of that year he retired voluntarily.
Teruyuki Kaimori, chairman of Midorigaoka Gakuen, told NHK, "We have an obligation to report cases of abuse to the road, but we failed to do so as a facility. It is very regrettable that there was an abusive behavior, and I am very sorry.In addition to cooperating with the police investigation, I would like to thoroughly instruct the staff so that such a thing will not happen again." .