A woman surnamed Chan (詹) in Taichung’s Dajia District (大甲) has been detained over the death of her 21-year-old daughter allegedly due to prolonged abuse and starvation.
The father, surnamed Chen (陳), was on Friday released on bail of NT$100,000 bail, as prosecutors believe Chan was mainly responsible for her daughter’s death, tormenting and beating her for many years.
Authorities on Thursday responded to an emergency call and found the body of the daughter, which looked dehydrated and showed signs of starving to death.
Photo: Chen Chien-chih, Taipei Times
In 2022, Chan allegedly forced her daughter, who was then in her second year in high school, to quit, and locked her in a 5-ping (16.5m2) room in their home. Chan confiscated her phone and forbade her from going out. While the room has a bathroom, its window was sealed off, investigators said.
On the pretext of “homeschooling” her daughter, Chan enforced a rigid study and exercise program, and would beat or deprive her daughter of food if she failed to meet her standards, they said.
Neighbors said they had not seen the daughter in a long time and were shocked to learn that she had starved to death inside her room, investigators said.
The father had known about the daughter’s cruel mistreatment at the mother’s hands and had seen her declining health, but whenever he spoke up, Chan would get mad and cuss him, so he decided to just put up and bear with it, they said.
However, in recent days, he said his wife had been acting strangely, entering the daughter’s room to clean up. On Thursday, as a foul smell emanated from the room, he went in to have a look and saw the dead body on the bed and called emergency responders for help.
When questioned, Chan on Saturday said that she had a disagreement with her daughter, who then locked her room from inside.
She said she repeatedly knocked on the door over days to try to enter, but there was no response, and thought that her daughter was just being stubborn.
Public prosecutors said that the “extreme tiger mom” has been detained for unlawful confinement of her daughter, cruel treatment and other actions causing her death.
The father was listed as an accomplice for failing to intervene on behalf of her daughter, prosecutors said.
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