The Hsinchu City Government should investigate preschools across the city in light of recent reports that the owner of a preschool allegedly treated children inappropriately, Hsinchu City Councilor Liu Chung-hsien (劉崇顯) said.
Liu posted the comments on Facebook on Friday evening after a parent earlier that night wrote on the social media site that an unnamed member of staff at a preschool in Hsinchu allegedly taped their child’s mouth shut, bound their hands with tape and pointed scissors against their chest.
The child had been traumatized and hid in a closet to avoid going to the kindergarten, the parent said, adding that they had thought their child was the only victim, but the entire class had been abused.
It is saddening to hear of such an event in Hsinchu, on the back of recent accusations involving employees of a private preschool in New Taipei City accused of giving students sedatives, Liu said.
Although the Hsinchu facility has been fined, and the names of the school and the perpetrator were made public, such measures are not enough to meet parents’ expectations, he said.
The parent said that the alleged perpetrator was the facility’s owner, but according to the Ministry of Education’s response to an inquiry about the incident, the “establishment owners should not double as childcare workers at preschools,” Liu said, urging the city government to investigate the incident.
He also called on the city government to check whether the facility was taking in too many students and whether the employees held proper licenses.
The Hsinchu City Government should check whether the owner of the facility owns other preschools and if there were irregularities at those establishments, he said.
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