The police applied weighted penalties to the prosecution of a stepfather (35) and a biological mother (28) who had been abused close to torture, such as holding a 9-year-old daughter's hand with a frying pan and leaving it tied with a chain.

The Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency announced on the 22nd that it was charged with indicting stepfathers and mothers on charges of abuse of A(9) as a tool (violation of the Special Act on the Punishment of Child Abuse and the Child Welfare Act).

The police decided to apply the provisions of the recidivism under the Child Abuse Punishment Act, which is severely punished for alleged special injuries.

This can be punished by up to one-half of special injuries under the Criminal Code.

Under the Criminal Code, special injuries are sentenced to one year to 10 years in prison.

The police send the investigation records to the prosecutors for prosecution because of the fact that the investigation of the biological mother and the securing of evidence were sufficient, the medical treatment of the biological mother in hospital, and the need to investigate the relationship between the stepfather and the biological mother. I did.

The police visited the hospital where their mother was hospitalized on the 19th and completed an eight-hour investigation.

In the investigation, the mother admitted abuse and habitual assault using a chain.

However, he stated that, like his stepfather, he had no intention of denying or injuring some charges, such as the use of tools.

The mother said she was abused when conflict occurred, such as Ms. A lying and not listening.

The police judged that the family had moved from Geoje to Changnyeong in January and that there were abuses and habitual assaults using tools.

The mother said in a police investigation, "When I scolded my child, I couldn't control my emotions." "I'm really sorry for the child and I'm sorry for the arrested husband."

My mother complained of mental pain and was admitted to a hospital in Tokyo on the 12th.

Administrative hospital stays are up to two weeks long, but it has not been decided whether the 25th day will be discharged or converted to formal hospitalization.
The stepfather was arrested on the 15th for violating the Child Welfare Act and for special injuries.

As the stepfather entered the interrogation of the suspect before arrest, he told reporters, "I don't think (Miss A) is my daughter's daughter, but I still love her a lot."

The cruelty of the couple was revealed on the 29th of last month, when Ms. A escaped to the next door through her four-story villa veranda, barefoot.

Miss A stated that they had abused them by tying their necks with a chain or using their chopsticks to be fired to support their insteps and soles.

Miss A, who was bruised in the eyes and burned in the fingers at the time of discovery, was hospitalized for two weeks at the hospital and is currently staying in a shelter for abused children in Tokyo.

Three of A's stepchildren are also living in other shelters in Tokyo under the court's temporary protection order.