Court sentences prison term to mother who shoved notebook in her daughter's mouth
Social affairsJun 29, 2020
The Jeju District Court sentenced a 39-year-old mother to a year in prison, suspended for two years, for child abuse. The accused was charged with violating the Child Welfare Act last October when she forcibly shoved a notebook in her 11-year-old daughter’s mouth. She is also reported to have acted aggressively when a consultant from a child protection institution made a home visit to talk with her daughter, and tried to interrupt the counseling process, according to one of the testimo