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Monk accused of continuous beatings of orphan
  • | dtinews.vn | December 12, 2018 07:49 PM
An orphan who lives in a pagoda in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa has been continuously physically abused by a monk.

The boy is now a fifth grader of Ha Hai Primary School in Ha Trung District. 

  

Bruises on the boy's body


The situation was discovered after the boy was hit by a classmate, causing him to loudly shout. The boy said it was painful because he had already been beaten by monk Thich Dam Quang.

The teacher was extremely shocked to see dozens of bruises on his body. There was an injury on his head, too.

According to the boy, he used to be physically abused by the monk when he was at Grade 3, but now, this does not happen anymore.

However, a school-girl who lives at the same pagoda with the boy told that the monk still beats him frequently; but he wanted to hide this for the fear of the monk.

The boy’s teacher ever came to the pagoda to meet the monk about the case. He admitted what he had done with the boy, but claimed that this is his own way to teach him who was said to be naughty. 

   

 

Pham Ngoc Lan, deputy headmaster of the school, said that the school is verifying the case.

Nguyen Van Huy, head of Ha Trung District’s Department of Education and Training said that the school has not yet reported the case to the department. “We will inspect the incident quickly to find the best solution for the boy,” he noted.

Meanwhile, chairman of Ha Hai Commune's People's Committee, Nguyen Van My, said that he only heard this information from some newspapers and would carry out investigation into the case soon.

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