6-Year-Old Girl Taken Into Care Being Forced To Walk Barefoot on Hot Asphalt
A six-year-old girl has been taken into care after a bystander recorded her mother making her walk barefoot on baking asphalt in the midday heat.
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00:00A six-year-old girl has been taken into care after her mother forced her to walk barefoot
00:05on hot asphalt.
00:07A bystander recorded the incident in Hsinchu County and reported it to police.
00:11In the video, the child is seen crying in pain as the mother makes her walk on the street
00:16for at least 20 minutes at the hottest time of day.
00:20Authorities found the child's feet had blistered and are looking into whether the mother violated
00:24child welfare laws.
00:26They also found the mother was bringing the girl up by herself.
00:29A local NGO says the public should watch out for children living in vulnerable family
00:34situations.