A female student, who has alleged that she was sexually harassed by one of her male teachers, held a news conference yesterday to make her experience public and demand justice.
DPP lawmaker Wang Li-ping (
"The first assault took place on the girl's 20th birthday, when he drove the girl to the beach and raped her in the car. Afterwards, he forced the girl to write a letter to indicate that the entire matter arose from romantic feelings between the two," Wang said.
Accompanied by DPP lawmakers Yeh Yi-chin (葉宜津) and Wang, as well as independent lawmaker Hsu Tien-tsai (許添財), the victim appeared at the meeting with her face covered, in order to give an account of her experience.
"I want to make public the horrible experience I have been through in the hope that there will not be any victims like me in the future," she said, sobbing.
"Chang has been forcing the student into sexual contact on a regular basis since March. The assaults took place almost every day for a month. Several even happened in the teacher's office at school," Wang said.
The incident was not known until May 22 when the victim's mother discovered written correspondence between the two.
The teacher then told the girl's mother that he was in love with her daughter, but that there was no sexual involvement between them, Wang said.
Subsequently, Chang threatened the girl, saying that if the affair was to be made public it would ruin her reputation at school, Wang said.
Because of the constant mental trauma, she attempted to commit suicide on July 15, but was prevented from doing so, Wang said.
She said that although the accused had resigned from the school due to the incident, the school authorities owed the public a detailed explanation and apology, and Chang had to accept full legal responsibility.
Questioned by the media about the affair, the school authorities declined to respond, saying that the school president was unavailable.
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