A group of students were involved in bullying in front of the Taoyuan Temple. Education Bureau: Launching a school safety investigation

A group of students committed a violent crime involving bullying in front of the Taoyuan Temple, and the Education Bureau launched a school security investigation. (Photo by reporter Li Rongping)

A video was circulated on the Internet today, showing that at least six uniformed junior high school and even elementary school students were involved in collective violence in the early morning at a temple in Zhongli District, Taoyuan City. They were suspected of forcing the victim to kneel, and then punched and kicked the victim. The video has attracted more than 40,000 people, including members of Congress Wei Jun, Huang Chongzhen, Huang Qionghui and others. They have left messages and reported it to the Municipal Education Bureau and the Police Department for strict investigation.

Huang Chongzhen said today that the police have found the student who was beaten to investigate the case, and have successively notified the suspected violent students, parents, and guardians to the case, and simultaneously requested the Education Bureau to investigate according to the school security notification mechanism. In response to the alleged claim of the parents involved that they were "just playing," Wei Jun believes that juvenile violence cannot rely solely on emotional condemnation, but should be examined from the three aspects of justice, administrative counseling, and family responsibilities. This incident highlighted family dysfunction and called for families to be included in the counseling system, to strengthen parenting education and parental responsibilities, and to prevent juvenile delinquency from the source.

It is understood that the Education Bureau and the school initially confirmed that the incident took place at a temple on Zhongshan East Road in Zhongli District. A group of students gathered to chat in the early morning. Male A got emotional for unknown reasons and attacked the female student he was chatting with, causing injuries. When the girl's boyfriend found out, he beat him, and four other people nearby also joined in beating him. After the conflict, the boyfriend and others asked him to apologize to the female student. After he apologized, everyone returned home without pursuing him.

The Education Bureau learned that the students involved in the case have notified two junior high schools and one elementary school, and the school notified parents to come to the school for communication and understanding. At present, the school continues to keep in touch with parents to understand the students' physical and mental recovery. It also instructs the school's academic affairs office and guidance office to discipline and counsel the relevant students, and provide the victim students with safe study strategies to ensure the safety of learning at school. It also requires schools to continue to strengthen students' legal education and positive discipline, and pay attention to peer interactions to avoid similar incidents from happening again.