Prosecutors in Tainan are seeking a heavy sentence for a teacher in Tainan who allegedly sexually harassed more than 25 girls and took photographs of them using a hidden camera in a bathroom.
The school reported the incident after a female student in September last year wrote about being harassed on a gender-equality worksheet.
The Tainan District Prosecutors’ Office and police detained the suspect, surnamed Chang (張), and seized his mobile phone and camera.
Photo: Wang Chieh, Taipei Times
Investigators analyzed more than 400 images and identified nearly 30 girls believed to have been harassed.
The Tainan District Court ordered his detention in October on suspicion of contravening the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act (兒童及少年性剝削防制條例), and extended the detention on Tuesday.
From September 2021 to June last year, Chang allegedly inappropriately touched at least five girls at the childcare center multiple times, touching them through their clothes or patting them, or forcing them to touch him, prosecutors said.
From 2019 to last year, Chang allegedly set up a hidden camera inside the bathroom that he could watch from his phone and took screenshots of at least 25 girls, they said.
He also allegedly took inappropriate photos of girls while they were sleeping, they said.
Chang allegedly took advantage of his teaching position to inappropriately touch and photograph multiple children, violating professional ethics, prosecutors said.
After initially pleading not guilty, Chang later confessed to some of the allegations, before eventually pleading guilty to all of the charges, they said.
He also allegedly contacted and questioned girls he harassed after the case came to light, causing additional harm, they added, urging the court to impose a heavy sentence.
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