With a Trembling Voice, "One Bowl of Jajangmyeon, Please"... 9-Year-Old Saves Mother From Assault

Father booked on suspicion of special assault and other offenses
Three domestic violence reports filed this year alone

A 9-year-old child saved their mother from being beaten by their father with a single phone call.

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According to the Ansan Sangnok Police Station on October 7, police booked and are investigating a man in his 40s on suspicion of special assault and violating the Child Welfare Act after an incident at a multi-family home in Bono-dong, Sangnok-gu, Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, on October 4.

At around 6:08 p.m. that day, a 9-year-old elementary school student hid in a room and called 112. The child began by explaining how many family members were at home and asking the police to order a bowl of black bean noodles. Police said the child appeared to have pretended to place an order to avoid being caught reporting the incident.

The officer who received the call sensed an emergency when the child spoke in a trembling voice. As the call continued, the child calmed down and soon began to reveal what was happening at home, saying, "Dad is trying to hit Mom."

The child told police about the situation one detail at a time, including that the parents were arguing in the living room. The child’s 5-year-old sibling was also at home at the time, according to reports.

Police responding to the call arrived at the scene at around 6:11 p.m., about three minutes later. They took the child’s father, identified as A, to the station for questioning and booked him on suspicion of special assault for pushing and assaulting his wife during an argument.

A is suspected of assaulting his wife by hitting her on the shoulder with a fan and pushing her during an argument. Police also applied related charges, determining that assaulting and verbally abusing his wife in front of their two children, ages 9 and 5, constituted emotional child abuse.

Three domestic violence reports had been filed at the household so far this year, but police reportedly took no separate steps to keep the couple apart because the victim did not want them to. To prevent further harm, police have issued an emergency measure requiring A to leave the residence and prohibiting him from approaching the victim within 100 meters.

A police official said, "We are investigating the exact circumstances of the incident based on the victim’s statement."

Meanwhile, the number of arrests of suspects in stalking and domestic violence cases from January through August this year was found to be 43,788, up 41.6% from the same period last year. The number of suspects taken into custody over the same period also rose 15.1%, from 729 to 839.

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