[스트레이트] Broken nose and jaw bones ‘alternative school gang assault’… the teacher ordered it?

A Christian alternative school in Geumsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do. On June 1st last year, after 10 pm, the incident occurred.

At that time, 6 high school sophomore students summoned Kim Hyun-woo (pseudonym) from high school to the playground and assaulted them.

According to the prosecution’s indictment, one assailant student grabbed the victim’s leg and pressed it with his body to make it immobile, and then four other students kicked Hyeonu several times.

I also had them do the ‘down stretch’ posture, step on their back with their feet, or kick their heads with their feet.

[김현우(가명)/집단폭행 피해자]

“(I ran away) I went almost to the middle of the playground, and there I was lying on my stomach. I said, ‘Why do I have to be like this? While lying on my stomach, I kicked my chin and hit my head in the ground. Since then, it has become difficult to speak… ㅁ hyung said, ‘He looks like his chin is out’, but OO hyung said, ‘If you push hard, you’re behind’…”

In the end, Hyeonu suffered serious injuries, breaking his jaw and nose as a result of this incident.

The prosecution, who investigated the case, applied a charge of co-injury to the six assailants and asked for a prison sentence, but the court sent them to the juvenile division of the Family Court.

If you go to the juvenile division, you will receive a protective measure rather than a punishment. Considering the details of the crime and the degree of damage, severe punishment should be imposed, but it is the judge’s judgment that it is right to let the boys grow up soundly.

[스트레이트] Group assault of juniors with ‘teacher instruction’? Suspicious alternative school

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■ A simple assault between students? Is this an investigation?

This is the most frequently asked question from many reporters at the beginning of this investigation.

Of course, at first glance, this case may appear to be an assault between students that has often been seen in the news.

However, if you look closely at this case, there are not one or two questionable areas, from the school’s suspicious response to the police’s poor investigation.

In particular, late at night, the perpetrators asked, ‘Why did you hit Hyeonu?’ This question has not been fully resolved even in the police investigation.

This is why I started researching.

■ Group assault by seniors, who ordered it?

Why on earth did the six high school students summon Hyeonu at such a late hour and gang assault him? Was there a grudge relationship that broke his nose and chin?

When I asked Hyeonu, he said it wasn’t anything like that. Then he said that there was another reason why he was beaten.

It was because of the ‘teacher’s instruction’. It is said that he heard directly from the perpetrator why he was beaten.

The prosecution’s indictment also states that the reason for the group assault was ‘because Hyeon-woo behaved rudely toward the teacher’.

I also heard the question, ‘Did the teacher order the assault?’ However, a close examination of the case reveals suspicious circumstances in several places.

What happened in class today? And who is ‘this teacher’ written in the notice?

The incident occurred on June 1 of last year. Let’s go back in time to the English class that morning in the computer lab.

Hyeon-woo was secretly searching for a sports player, and was caught by Mr. Woo OO.

[김현우(가명)/집단폭행 피해자]

“The teacher said, ‘If this is the case, get out,’ so I was going to leave, but the teacher is now blocking it. The teacher is blocking it and keeps pushing me towards the wall…”

Teacher Woo OO pushed Hyeonu to the wall like this 2 or 3 times, and Hyeonu raised his voice and protested. After class, Hyeonu apologized to the teacher, and teacher Woo OO accepted the apology by hugging Hyeonu.

But that day, a sophomore, whom I met at lunchtime, said he would not let it go.

And that night, the assault actually happened. Hyeonu apologized to the teacher after class, but he didn’t understand what the hyungs were doing, so I asked ‘why do I have to be right?’

[김현우/피해 학생(가명)]

“(To the hospital) Before being taken to the teacher’s car… hyung OO ‘The teacher made this’‘And it’s because the hyungs love you,’ I said.”

Hyeonu’s handwritten statement submitted to the police said, ‘I’ve finished talking with the teacher, but when I asked (the perpetrator) why I had to get mad, (the perpetrator) The teacher said you can scold me’It was written.

Another parent made a similar statement the day after the incident.

[대안학교 학부모 (작년 6월 2일, 사건 다음날)]

“Oh, in the words of Mr. ‘Because you are seniors, set some discipline and do this’ I guess you did. So now those kids have called Hyeonu.”

To confirm the truth, I called all the parents of the perpetrators who took part in the assault. However, as if we had promised in advance, we hung up as soon as we answered the call, or we asked to call next time and then did not answer the call anymore.

So I sent a KakaoTalk message. The content of the question is simple. Have you ever heard of the instructions given by Mr. Woo OO to the children?no see.

However, all six parents read the message and did not reply.

I called Mr. Woo, who is the party, Mr. Woo ‘I just told you to read a lot, but the perpetrators seem to have misunderstood’and explained.

[우OO 선생/충남 OO 대안학교]

“Just in normal times, juniors usually do this, whether seniors go one-on-one or two-to-one (when they do something problematic) and say, ‘Why did you do that back then, that’s not it’. ‥I didn’t even tell you to do that, but now, if you’re going to talk now, you’re saying, ‘Please read carefully and talk well’…”

As Woo OO explained, in this school, it is common for seniors to call juniors when problems arise.

Teacher Woo OO also seems to have already known that the seniors would call Hyeon-woo on that day. In fact, I even had conversations with the perpetrators in advance.

If so, shouldn’t it be clear to say, ‘Don’t call me, this is the teacher’s job’ instead of ‘Please read it well, talk well’?

I wanted to continue the conversation to ask about this part in detail, but Mr. Woo hurriedly hung up saying that he would call me back around 6pm after finishing all classes.

However, I did not receive a call from Mr. Woo OO for more than the promised time, so I called again, but this time he did not answer and just repeated words such as ‘My heart hurts’ and ‘I love my disciple’.

[우OO 선생/충남 OO 대안학교]

“They’re all the disciples I love, so it’s a bit difficult to talk about it like this right now. My head hurts a little now, and my heart hurts a little bit.”

– Isn’t it Hyeonu who hurts the most?

[우OO 선생/충남 OO 대안학교]

“Yes, it hurts me too. Thank you for your interest.”

– We are preparing a report on this incident, how should we put the position of the teacher?

[우OO 선생/충남 OO 대안학교]

“I hope you don’t report it. I’m a disciple who loves everyone.”

– If the teacher instructed, the punishment level of the perpetrators will be lowered. For the sake of the children you love, shouldn’t you tell the truth?

[우OO 선생/충남 OO 대안학교]

“They are all my beloved disciples.”

– You keep saying different things. Are you saying that you do not deny Hyeonu’s statement?

[우OO 선생/충남 OO 대안학교]

“I’m sorry. I’m very sick right now.”

I called this alternative school, sent questionnaires by mail, and looked, but the school did not give any explanation until the end.

■ One year ago ‘shorts assault case’ ‥ It was similar back then

By the way, Mr. Woo OO, this is not the first time this has happened.

Last summer, late at night after the roll call. Teacher Woo gathered all the first and second year high school students and Hyeonu, who was in middle school at the time, in front of the dormitory. The reason is that Hyeonu wore shorts during the shorts ban period.

If Hyeonu made a mistake, only Hyeonu would have to be called, but Mr. Woo OO called 3~40 of Hyeonu’s seniors at once.

[김현우(가명)/집단폭행 피해자]

“I was the only one standing next to the teacher, calling all the seniors and high school students (in front of him), and he broke the rules. What do you think? When did the men’s dormitory change like this?”

And 30 minutes later, he left alone. What happened after that?

Park Mo, who was the manager of Hyeonu’s dormitory, took Hyeonu to each dormitory and made him lie on his stomach, then shouted ‘I’m sorry’ and hit him in the ass with a broom.

But why did Mr. Woo OO gathered all his seniors? Did she not expect it to lead to an assault case?

To check the exact facts, I called Park Gun (now a college student), a senior in high school at the time, who hit Hyeonu directly, and when I said that he was a reporter, he hung up before he even said anything as if he had expected a call.

During the police investigation, we obtained the contents of Park’s statement, and it was as Hyeonu remembered.

Park admitted the charges and wrote the following in his handwriting ‘at the bottom of the statement’ why he beat Hyeonu.

“Mr. Woo OO gathered all the boys in high school and said for 30 minutes, ‘You guys should set an example and do better.’ (To my friends and brothers) I’m so sorry.”

This case remains intact in the investigation record. What is Teacher Woo’s position?

He declined to answer, saying he couldn’t remember.

[우OO 선생/충남 OO 대안학교]

“I can’t really remember that for sure. It was a long time ago.”

– Did you not expect that high school seniors would take OO Lee and beat him?

[우OO 선생/충남 OO 대안학교]

“I’m sorry, but I have a class right now…”

Coincidentally, both cases seem to be related to Mr. Woo.

If these facts are true, and if proven, the students who assaulted under instructions can also be victims, and the punishment for their crimes will be reduced.

[김현우(가명) 변호인]

“If the teacher’s assault teacher/indictment is proven, the punishment is stronger (than general teacher offenders) because the teacher is the student he was managing, and the children’s punishment becomes weaker.”

This is the reason why Hyun-woo’s lawyer requested that Mr. Woo be investigated from the police investigation stage.

■ The school that said ‘There is no CCTV due to lightning’, the police believed it as it is

Hyeon-woo’s mother asked the police to investigate just the assault that Mr. Woo pushed Hyeon-woo against a wall.

There is CCTV in the classroom, so the police just need to check it.

The school said ‘there is no video’. “Because I was struck by lightning,” he said.

[충남 금산경찰서 관계자]

“What kind of lightning strike in the dry sky, what kind of nonsense is lightning, I asked to see the CCTV, but they said it was true. Perhaps the reporter wouldn’t understand that either. So, what those people submitted… I submitted the contents of the KakaoTalk exchange and (parts) specifications again.”

According to the police, 15 CCTVs are installed at the school, and the videos are stored in three or four storage areas.

Even if the CCTV broke down due to a lightning strike and the school repaired it and submitted the parts specification to the police, it should be revealed through investigation whether it is the CCTV that broke out of the 15 CCTVs or whether the school was just surrounded by it.

However, the police did not check whether the classroom CCTV was struck by lightning or not.

– Aren’t all CCTVs broken?

[충남 금산경찰서 관계자]

“Yes.”

– Is the CCTV necessary for the investigation broken, or is another CCTV broken? Have you checked this?

[충남 금산경찰서 관계자]

“I haven’t been able to confirm that.”

In the end, Mr. Woo OO was only investigated by witnesses in all cases and escaped the law.

And in the end, only 7 students from this alternative school, including Mr. Park, were punished in court.

According to the police report, it seems that no investigation has been conducted on the possibility that the teacher actually assaulted or neglected the case of the ‘shorts assault’ last year.

The Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office, who took over the case, also heard our coverage and said that they saw information that was not attached to the investigation record.

In particular, the day after last year’s gang assault, another parent told Hyeon-woo’s mother Teacher Woo OO said, ‘You guys are seniors, so take care of the rules’He said that the recording file that conveyed the words was not included in the investigation record.

It sounded like this amount of evidence meant that there was room for further investigation.

Hyeonu’s school life came to a halt after this incident. Hyeonu dropped out of his school and is now living at home. He was also diagnosed by a university hospital doctor that he will need psychiatric medication and counseling treatment for more than 10 years.

On the other hand, Mr. Woo OO is still teaching students at school, and six of the assailants have also gone on to high school and are doing well in school.