Chinanews.com, February 10. According to the "Europe Times" WeChat public account "East to West", a Chinese teenager adopted by a Spanish family was bullied by other children in the town.
The children involved in bullying in the town attacked the Chinese teenager physically, made harassing phone calls, and stole and discarded the personal belongings of the Chinese teenager.
Several of the bullies were tried in a local juvenile court recently.
According to reports, the Chinese-born teenager was adopted by a kind-hearted Spanish family in Villafáfila when he was only 21 months old, but was bullied by his neighbors and children of similar age in the town.
The mother of the Spanish family who adopted the Chinese boy said that since he came to this small town, he was looked down upon by his neighbors because of his Asian appearance.
A neighbor once said: "How can you come here with a Chinese child? It's normal to see them in Madrid, but it's another thing to see them in Villafáfila."
The adoptive mother of the Chinese-American teenager said that since the child started school at the age of 7, he has been bullied and insulted by many classmates and children in the town.
Just because of his Asian appearance, he was beaten and bullied by the children in the town. From the first taunting, making harassing phone calls, to bruising the Chinese teenager's knee with a stick, the Chinese teenager was limping for 4 days. Can't walk; at the class reunion, the bullies threw the Chinese teenager into the swimming pool, and also expressed "regret not using the mobile phone to record in advance"; these bullies also stole the Chinese teenager's bicycle and some other personal items, Throw it into the creek; after the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, Chinese teenagers have also been ridiculed and beaten by bullies.
The school that the Chinese-American teenager attends is far from home, so his adoptive mother often picks him up from school.
She has repeatedly witnessed bullies beat up her adopted son and their arrogance.
The adoptive mother said that she could not stand this series of extreme acts of prejudice and racism on her children.
The behavior of the bullies in the small town has caused great harm to the physical and mental health of the Chinese teenagers, and the Chinese teenagers are becoming more and more inferior and lonely.
The adoptive mother revealed that she had tried to solve it privately, and had a private conversation with the parents of her child's classmates, but it had no effect, and the bullying against her adopted child continued.
The Spanish family who adopted the Chinese boy had to choose legal means to resolve the issue, taking a total of nine bullies to juvenile court.
But the court said it was exempted from responsibility because most of the bullies were under the age of 14.
Three 14-year-old bullies who bullied Chinese-American teenagers were tried by the Zamora Youth Court.
The final judgment held that these bullies instilled fear, personal attacks, etc. on the Chinese teenagers, which were full of racial discrimination. Therefore, one of them was sentenced to 18 months in prison, the other two were sentenced to 9 months in prison, and the Chinese teenagers were compensated. Family medical expenses.