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I have reported how bitter this cold is, but last night (8th) a 3-year-old was found by citizens wandering the streets without getting dressed properly.

The first thing the child said was ask for help.

Police are investigating mothers for child abuse.



Reporter Han Seong-hee reports exclusively.



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A convenience store in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, around 5:40 pm yesterday.



A woman comes in with a child wrapped in clothes.



As the clothes run down, the child appears in only underwear.



The child can't raise his head because of the embarrassment of his wet pants with urine and urine.



This three-year-old girl was found trembling on the street by a passing citizen.



The child's first word was to ask for help.



[Ham Jung-min/Reporter: First of all, the child was found here, and now the snow has melted a little, but here all the snow was like this.

I was crying here and crying for help.] The



child who couldn't eat one meal all day came out of the house in underwear in the cold above -15 degrees Celsius, and was found in front of a convenience store about 100m from the house.



The child came out without enduring hunger. He could not enter the house again because he did not know the door code.



There were also testimonies that the child was routinely neglected.




[Owner of a convenience store near my house: I said'What's up', but it's the kid who came last month.

Last month, at a later time than yesterday, the child came here crying very loudly, saying'Mom, Mom'.

He squatted at the door and kept crying.] The



police who were dispatched immediately separated the child.



The mother of the child who returned home after a long time admits that he is wrong, but says that abuse is a misunderstanding.



[Child's mother: I collected and thrown away the trash, so I couldn't properly throw it all away, so I got more misunderstandings.] The



house was full of trash that makes daily life difficult, and the child was left alone in the house on this day for over 9 hours Are watching.



The police are investigating the child's mother on charges of child abuse.



(Video coverage: Kim Hak-mo, Video editing: Choi Hye-young)