When the female classroom surnamed Chen negotiated with the parents, they brought a kitchen knife to the conference table.

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[Reporter Huang Jialin / Kaohsiung Report] A female teacher surnamed Chen from a public high school in Gao City in the middle of the country, in order to control the order of the students in class, a conflict broke out with a female student surnamed Zeng in the class. When Zeng Nv was out of the classroom, Zeng Nv accidentally fell and was injured. When the parents rushed to the school to find out, Master Chen brought a kitchen knife and put it on the meeting table to negotiate with the parents.

Since the girl surnamed Zeng is underage, after the trial by the Kaohsiung District Court, according to the "Children's Law", "an adult willfully commits a crime against a child" with an increased sentence of 1/2. The most serious crime of injury is 5 years. In five years, the judge only sentenced Chen Shi to four months in prison, but according to the law, he could not easily impose a fine.

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The judgment pointed out that at 1:30 noon on October 23, 2020, when a second-year middle school girl surnamed Zeng went to class in the home economics classroom, the teacher surnamed Chen found her playing with her classmates with flour and blurted out to call her a "dead child" (crime of public insult). The girl surnamed Zeng was unhappy with being under the control, and she also scolded the teacher's Three Character Classic and Five Character Classic, and threw barbecue clips on the table.

Seeing that the girl surnamed Zeng had disturbed the order of the class, Master Chen took her outside the classroom to reprimand her, but she refused to accept the teacher's discipline and went straight back into the classroom to wash the dishes. Master Chen entered the classroom to look for her daughter, who poured water Teacher, Master Chen pulled Zeng Nv out of the classroom. During the process, Zeng Nv fell and hit the foot of the table, causing her right waist contusion. The conflict between teachers and students did not end until other teachers in the school came to resolve it.

However, Chen Shiqi was only treated like this by the students. In the teacher group, he sent "disrespect for class! Student violence", "I tried my best to prevent myself from being hurt more", "I was suddenly attacked during class". It feels really scary" and other words, even when the parent Zeng came to the school for negotiation more than a week after the teacher-student conflict, Master Chen brought a kitchen knife and placed it on the table, which made the parents super dumbfounded and decided to file a lawsuit directly. .

During the trial at the Kaohsiung District Court, Master Chen said that Zeng Nv first splashed her with water and scratched her arm that day. She was worried that Zeng Nv's emotions would continue to lose control, which would not only hurt herself, but also other students in the class. Only then did she grab her hand to stop her, and asked other students to find the dean and instructor for assistance. Zeng Nv would slip because the floor was slippery that day, and she had no intention of hurting or forcing the other party.

Mr. Chen's lawyer also argued that, in order to appease the girl's emotions and protect herself and other classmates, Mr. Chen had no intention of hurting or coercion when he pulled with her Zeng-daughter. Chen Shi's behavior is not substantively illegal, and he should establish a legitimate defense and emergency refuge.

However, the judge summoned a number of students who were present that day to appear in court. The students all said that after Master Chen was splashed with water that day, he immediately pulled Zeng-daughter's hands and was about to pull her out of the classroom. The girl surnamed Zeng was injured; the school’s counselor also said that when she arrived at the home economics classroom that day, she saw Master Chen holding the girl’s hands, and after some persuasion, Master Chen was willing to let the girl go.

The judge believed that Mr. Chen forcibly pulled the girl out of the classroom just by being splashed with a small amount of water, which did not constitute a requirement for self-defense and emergency evacuation, and his poor attitude after the crime caused the girl surnamed Zeng to bear a lot of pressure and seldom went to school again. Psychological treatment is also required. The psychological harm caused by the teacher to the student is not light and should not be sentenced lightly. However, considering that Mr. Chen has no criminal record and has a record of many awards, he was sentenced to 4 months in prison for the crime of injury, and the fine cannot be easily imposed, but he can appeal. .