{"id":15634,"date":"2013-06-15T00:06:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T00:06:29","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-06-15T00:06:29","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T00:06:29","slug":"US-teacher-arrested-in-China-for-child-sex-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=15634","title":{"rendered":"US teacher arrested in China for child sex abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An American teacher at a French school in Shanghai has been formally arrested on suspicion of molesting six children aged six to ten years old, Xinhua news agency reported.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nDavid McMahon, 32, was detained on May 13 after one of the victims came forward and was officially arrested on Thursday<\/strong>, the Pudong New Area People&#8217;s Procuratorate announced, according to Xinhua.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chinese law requires formal arrests to be approved by prosecutors,<\/strong> even if suspects are already in detention.<\/p>\n<p>According to an earlier police statement, t<strong>he victims were four girls and two boys attending the Lycee Francais de Shanghai, five of them French and one Italian.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>McMahon told the pupils their homework needed checking to lure them away, before they were taken to the school library and molested,<\/strong> the statement said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sick!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parents had previously said that seven families had filed formal accusations against the teacher, alleging sexual abuse and rape of students of both sexes.<\/p>\n<p>The detention came five months after a former teacher at the school, also American, was extradited to the United States on similar charges, they said.<\/p>\n<p>The school, which said psychological support was being offered to pupils, is contracted with the Agency for French Teaching Abroad, a government body.<\/p>\n<p>Its two campuses have 1,600 students, ranging in age from three to 18.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pervs, pervs, Everywhere!<\/strong><br 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