# ‘They called him Daddy’: Sexual abuse case at South Korean care home shocks the country

https://mins.news/en/item/86235

- BBC Chinese, 2026-10-05 10:15 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/cknv0d8qd7v7o/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> The director of Saekdongwon, a publicly funded care home in Incheon, was sentenced to 15 years for raping two residents with intellectual disabilities and committing a lesser sexual offence against a third; he has appealed. A report said at least 10 more residents may have been abused, prompting questions about oversight, communication barriers and South Korea’s care system.

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