A 40-year-old man took his former elementary-school teacher to court, demanding NT$10 million (US$331,000) in compensation for emotional trauma he says he suffered when the teacher used corporal punishment to discipline him three decades ago.
Prosecutors said that the plaintiff, surnamed Cheng (程), said he was traumatized by the disciplinary methods used by the teacher, whom he alleges used to beat her pupils if they scored less than 90 on their exams, hitting them once for every point below that mark.
“Cheng says that he was always in the group of students being disciplined after an exam because he did not do very well academically in elementary school. He says it got to the point that the skin on his hands and hip was lacerated because of the frequency and severity of the punishment,” the prosecutors said.
Cheng was quoted by the prosecutors as saying that he was too afraid of authority figures at the time to report his teacher and therefore stayed quiet about the ordeal, which he says damaged him physically and mentally.
Cheng told prosecutors that he initially thought time would erase the painful memories and heal his wounds, but found that the traumatic experiences continued to haunt him even in adulthood.
The prosecutors said Cheng on Sunday went to confront the teacher — who retired years ago — at her house and told her about the psychological scars she had inflicted on him.
After hearing his story, the teacher apologized to Cheng and asked for his forgiveness, but the 40-year-old took her to court on claims that she had inflicted bodily harm on him, the prosecutors said.
Although the statute of limitations for taking criminal or civil legal action against the infliction of bodily harm are six months and two years respectively, police said they referred the case to prosecutors to protect the rights and interests of both parties.
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