Boy Dies After Reporting Grandmother's Abuse in South Korea

Boy dies 3 days after telling police his grandmother beat him

An 11-year-old boy who died after being taken from a church in Cheonan to a hospital had filed an abuse report just three days earlier, raising questions over whether authorities did enough to protect him. A restaurant employee took the boy to a police station on Aug. 2, where he reportedly said his maternal grandmother had beaten him. Police and city officials inspected the church and considered placing him in protective care, but concluded that an immediate transfer would be difficult given hi

By The Korea Herald