Three staff members at a facility for people with disabilities in Kishiwada City, Osaka, were arrested on suspicion of violating the Act on Punishment of Violent Acts for assaulting a 50-year-old male resident multiple times.
Those arrested were Shingo Shiroma, 26, a caregiver and staff member of Kishiwada Kosei Sanyogoen, a facility for people with disabilities in Kishiwada City, and Dong Duc Khanh, 28, a Vietnamese national. ▽There are three people in total, including suspect Dan Thanh Duong (24).
According to police, in February of this year, the three men allegedly assaulted a 50-year-old man with severe intellectual disabilities, who is a resident of the facility, by punching and kicking him multiple times in the head. He is suspected of violating the Equal Punishment Act.
The man died last month, and in response to the family’s request to know what happened, the facility checked the security camera footage, which showed him assaulting the man, so the facility contacted the police and the damage was discovered. .
At the time of his death, doctors ruled that he died of illness, and it is not known if he was related to the assault, so police are investigating the details of how he died.
Of the three, suspects Shirama and Dong have admitted to the charges, saying, “Even though I warned them, they didn’t listen, so I got irritated and punched and kicked them,” while Dang denied the charges. about it.
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