Mother sentenced to prison for chaining 5-year-old in bathroom so she could go to work

5-year-old girl chain by neck in bathroom.

October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment child-abuse, child-safety, Kaohsiung City

A woman in Kaohsiung City has been sentenced to a three-month prison term for leaving her 5-year-old daughter chained by the neck in a bathroom while she went to work. According to the Kaohsiung District Court, on October 15, 2022, the 30-year-old single mother, named Lee, fed her daughter lunch, then tied a chain around her neck and attached the other end to a crossbar in the shower cubicle of her apartment’s bathroom. Lee then went to work. The girl

Health and Safety

July 3, 2023July 4, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment battery-fire, child-safety

A ten-year-old boy in New Taipei City is likely to require skin graft surgery after a smart watch he was wearing exploded and caught fire, Friday, June 30. According to reports, the boy was on his way to a cram school in Tucheng District Friday afternoon when his watch suddenly exploded and instantly ignited. A street vendor immediately came to the boy’s assistance and applied ointment to the resulting wound, and the boy continued to the cram school. Once he

kid jumping between buildings 27 floors up

Regional

November 2, 2021November 14, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment child-safety, China, daredevils

Two boys were playing on the roof of a 27 storey building in Hubei Province, China, last week, and one was seen jumping between two buildings several times. According to media outlets in China and Hong Kong, the boys were seen imitating parkour moves on the buildings in Xianning City on October 26, and video footage of the incident has since gone viral on Chinese social media sites. The nearby resident who shot the video, informed the property manager of

Society

June 30, 2021June 30, 2021 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment child-safety, Taichung City

A seven-year-old boy who was repeatedly thrown by his judo coach and an older classmate until he was unconscious, has died after spending 70 days in a coma in a hospital in Taichung City. Doctors at Fengyuan Hospital removed life support systems in the presence of the boy’s parents yesterday evening, and the boy, named Huang, was declared dead at around 9:00 pm, June 29. See previous story: 7-year-old brain-dead after being thrown more than 20 times in judo class

child on ledge outside window on 7th floor

Health and Safety

May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment child-safety, Taoyuan City

A 7-year-old girl was seen climbing out the window of a 7th-floor apartment and walking along a narrow ledge of a residential building in Guishan District, Taoyuan City, Friday. The Taoyuan City Fire Department received reports about a little girl of a ledge of the building at 11:53 am, May 21, according to a Liberty Times report. The fire department dispatched 10 personnel to the scene, but fortunately, by the time firefighters arrived, the girl had already been taken back

Health and Safety

May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment child-safety, Taichung City

The danger posed by a common item of furniture found in almost every Taiwanese household has been put into the spotlight after a 3-year-old boy died clamped in the legs of a folding table in his home in Taichung City, yesterday, May 3. The parents of the toddler, named Chen, were putting their one-year-old to sleep while the 3-year-old boy was playing alone upstairs, according to reports, including Liberty Times. After around 20 minutes, the 57-year-old father went upstairs to

Health and Safety

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment building fall, child-safety, New Taipei City

An eight-year-old girl fell from the roof of a 14-storey building, then managed to get back to her home on the sixth floor to ask for help in Banqiao District, New Taipei City, yesterday, May 13. According to reports, after getting home from school, the girl and her sister went to the roof of the building to play. The older sister went back to the apartment and left the eight-year-old alone on the roof. The younger girl was riding her

motorcycle with kid not wearing a helmet and not seated properly

Health and Safety

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment child-safety, heavy motorcycles, Hsinchu County, motorcycle-helmets

Police are investigating an incident after motorists recorded a man riding a motorcycle on an expressway at speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour with a small, helmet-less child clinging for his life. The video was recorded yesterday, May 12, on Provincial Highway 68, in Hsinchu County, and drew the ire of viewers after it was uploaded to social media. The unidentified man, wearing a full-face helmet, is seen riding a heavy motorcycle with a male child around 4

child-safety

Mother sentenced to prison for chaining 5-year-old in bathroom so she could go to work

10-year-old suffers 2nd-degree burns after smart watch explodes on his arm

Chinese kid plays parkour: jumps between buildings 27 floors up

Judo boy dies after 70 days in a coma

Little girl safe after climbing out of 7th-floor window while grandma not paying attention

Death of toddler exposes danger of folding tables, importance of parental supervision

Child survives fall from roof of 14-storey building

Motorcyclist takes kid on hair-raising ride on expressway