Mom accused of forcing daughter to eat 30 pet goldfish

A Japanese mother forced her teenage daughter to eat more than 30 of her pet goldfish as a punishment, police said, as the country grapples with a record number of child abuse cases.

Yuko Ogata and her boyfriend Takeshi Egami, who have both been arrested, made the girl eat the dead fish in June, police said on Wednesday, adding that the daughter was allegedly abused on a daily basis.

Local media said the couple, who live in Fukuoka prefecture in southwestern Japan, killed the fish by pouring detergent into their tank.