Korean Couple Arrested for Leaving Kids Unattended in Car During Visit to Guam
I think this may be a case of a cultural difference because I have seen kids left unattended in vehicles in Korea quite often where in the US this will land you in jail like this Korean couple visiting Guam have found out:
A South Korean judge-lawyer couple has been accused in Guam of child abuse. They reportedly went shopping on Monday with their two children locked in a car in sweltering weather.
U.S. law punishes parents who leave minors unattended inside a car as child abuse.
The children, aged six and one, were found “slumped forward” in the car parked near a shopping center Monday afternoon.The engine was off and the windows closed.
Two people noticed the children and called police after failing to find their parents. Police rescued the children who had “sweat streaming down their foreheads and the sides of their faces. ” They are now recovering, according to local media. [Korea Times]
You can read more at the link.
“Ignorance of the law is no excuse”?
What should be their punishment?
@Mike Morgan, here is an update on this case. They got off pretty easy legally, but the public shaming in the media is going to follow them around:
I like how the dad lied to police about how long they had been in the store. They should have fined him more for that. What idiots to leave not only their kids in the car, but to keep the windows rolled up in a place like Guam.
Lawyer and judge couple?? Damn… Koreans are screwed.