Police rescue teenager from abusive parents
The National Police rescued a 14-year old teenager who had been chained in a room in her house in the Herrera sector in Santo Domingo West. Agents of the Departamento de Investigación de Trata y Tráfico de Personas visited the family home with a warrant where they confirmed the irregular keeping of the child who had been chained with her right foot tied to a bed. The act was in violation to Child Protection Law 136-03.
When the agents entered the home the father, who reportedly was drunk, attempted to attack the agents. He was subsequently arrested.
The parents said they chained their daughter to keep her at home. They said persons unnamed in the sector had sexually abused the girl. The teenager was sent to the care of the Consejo Nacional para la Niñez y la Adolescencia (CONANI).
Source: DR1, Lisitindiario
Aug 18, 2018
Category: DR News |