SEOUL – A mother allegedly threw a soiled diaper at a daycare centre teacher, complaining that her son had been abused.

On Sunday, the teacher at the daycare centre in Sejong City visited the hospital where the boy was hospitalised. The teacher said she visited the hospital to apologise for the scar on the child’s neck.

The child was hurt while fighting with other children at the daycare centre, so she went to the hospital to apologise, the teacher said.

But when she arrived, the child’s mother suddenly took her to a toilet and threw a soiled diaper in her face, the teacher told reporters.

After this, the teacher’s husband posted on the National Assembly’s online petition system, calling for a law to protect the human rights of daycare centre teachers.

Amid intensifying public outrage over the incident, the mother explained during an interview with local media that while she did throw the diaper, it was because she was taken by surprise when the teacher suddenly entered her child’s hospital room – reserved only for guardians – without any advance notice.

“When I saw the teacher... my accumulated anger exploded,” the mother said.

The mother claimed that the teacher had abused her son, saying that the wound on his neck is also proof of child abuse.

The mother claimed that the daycare centre and the teacher had emotionally abused her child in various ways.

“The daycare centre and the teacher have abused my child a few times. One day in June, a neighbour found my son wandering outside for a few minutes because the door was closed. It happened because the daycare centre did not properly account for all the children. Since my son started to go to the daycare centre, he has shown various abnormal behaviours as well.”

The mother said she reported the teacher and the head of the daycare centre to the police for child abuse. On the other hand, the teacher filed a complaint with the police against the mother for emotional injury. THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK