A respected 57-year-old grass-roots baseball coach surnamed Lu, whose outstanding achievements have earned him the title of “gold medal coach,” has headed up the baseball team at a high school for 15 years. However, five months ago, Lu was taken to court, accused of administering excessive physical punishment.
According to the court verdict, in August last year Lu took his team’s players to the school grounds for a scheduled clean-up of the surrounding area following damage caused by a typhoon. Lu, believing the effort of one player, surnamed Lin, was not up to scratch, first struck the back of the player’s head with the wooden handle of a hammer and then threw a pair of pliers, again hitting the back of the player’s head. Lu’s actions caused a 2cm-long, 0.5cm-wide laceration to the player’s head.
Lin was furious and reported the incident to the police. On Monday last week a judge sentenced Lu to 60 days in jail, convertible to a NT$60,000 fine.
(Liberty Times, translated by Edward Jones)
五十七歲陸姓男子是棒球基層教練,因戰功彪炳,贏得「金牌教練」美名,他在某中學棒球隊執掌兵符十五年,五個多月前疑似體罰過當挨告。
判決書指出,去年八月,陸姓教練帶領球員到學校預定地整理風災後環境,認為林姓球員處理效率不如其意,先持榔頭木柄敲打他的後腦,再丟擲老虎鉗敲擊後腦,造成球員頭部有2公分長、0.5公分寬的撕裂傷。
林姓球員憤而報警處理,法官上週一判陸拘役六十日,可易科六萬元罰金。
(自由時報記者江志雄)
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