Judo coach detained after 7-year-old falls into coma with brain injury

A judo coach in Taichung was detained and held incommunicado late Saturday on the charge of negligence causing severe injury after one of his students -- a 7-year-old boy -- fell into a deep coma and was put on life support after being slammed to the floor more than 20 times during a judo class earlier in the week.

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