Colombian kindergarten teacher jailed in eastern China for molesting child
- Court in Shandong province sentences Daniel Oswaldo Mayorga Heredia to five years in prison for sexual assault
- RYB Kindergarten says it has fired one of its employees over allegations of sexual assault and apologises to parents
A Colombian teacher has been sentenced to five years in prison for molesting a kindergarten pupil in eastern China, local media reported on Friday.
Daniel Oswaldo Mayorga Heredia, 34, was convicted of child sexual abuse at Laoshan district people’s Court in Shandong province on Friday. He will be deported after serving his sentence.
The former teacher at the RYB Kindergarten in Qingdao’s Shibei district was found by the court to have taken advantage of his position to abuse the child during the pupils’ scheduled afternoon nap in January, news portal Thepaper.cn reported.
RYB Education, a US-listed major preschool chain, released a statement last week acknowledging that one of its teachers in Qingdao had been arrested over allegations of child abuse in January.
The statement said that his nationality was Colombian, and that the teacher had been dismissed after parents complained to the kindergarten.