Baseball Coach Sexual Assault Case: Control Yuan Corrects Taichung Education Bureau and Elementary School

CNA (Taipei) A baseball coach at an elementary school in Taichung committed 90 counts of forced indecency and other crimes against dozens of students. Control Yuan members Chi Hui-jung and Wang Li-chen stated on the 22nd that after an investigation, they found the school failed to check the perpetrator's criminal record for indecency, and the Taichung Education Bureau showed significant negligence in supervising the school's handling of unsuitable personnel. The Control Yuan has officially issued a correction to the school and the Taichung Education Bureau. The investigators noted that the school failed to follow the Gender Equity Education Act and related regulations during the hiring process, failing to notice the coach's criminal record or expired coaching license. Furthermore, the school failed to manage baseball training times and living spaces, allowing the coach to use closed spaces like rest rooms and shipping containers to commit sexual assault. The Control Yuan criticized the Taichung Education Bureau for failing to supervise the implementation of risk identification and prevention mechanisms for high-risk individuals, and for failing to provide timely psychological counseling and judicial assistance after the incident. They urged the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health and Welfare to discuss a pre-warning mechanism for "child and youth work certificates" to improve protection.