By Barrier Free Japan
March 31 2023
HOKKAIDO – Five of the six former staff members are charged with assault for repeatedly abusing residents at a support facility for the disabled in Nishi-okobe village on the Sea of Okhotsk side of the country.
Six former employees of ‘Seiryu no Sato’, a support facility for persons with disabilities in Nishi-okobe village, were sent to prosecution on suspicion of assault for repeatedly abusing residents last year, including unnecessarily pressing down on them.
The Monbetsu District Public Prosecutor’s Office summarily charged five of them with assault on 29 March.
On the other hand, one former employee was not prosecuted.
The prosecutor’s office has not revealed the detailed reasons for the indictment.
According to investigations by the provincial authorities and the village, there is a total of 38 cases of physical and psychological abuse, including leaving residents naked for long periods of time and forcing them to eat food that had spilled from their bowls, were confirmed, and six were dismissed last December.
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