Gyeonggi Province supports teacher in student abuse case
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Gyeonggi Province’s Education Office will provide support to a special education teacher, identified as A, who faced accusations of emotionally abusing the son of webtoon artist Ju Ho-min in 2022.
The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education’s Teacher Protection Unit classified the case as an “unreported child abuse” incident and assigned a full-time official to support A.
The teacher was initially given a suspended fine of 2 million won after a court accepted audio recordings made by Ju Ho-min’s son as evidence of verbal abuse. However, the appeals court overturned the decision, ruling the secret recording violated communication privacy laws and lacked evidentiary value. Prosecutors have appealed to the Supreme Court, and a final ruling is pending.
The Gyeonggi Education Office’s Teacher Protection Unit reviews reports of teacher rights violations, categorizing them as either related to child abuse allegations, harm to educational activities, or malicious complaints. Considering the case has been ongoing for years, the unit assigned a superintendent, a full-time official, to A, and plans to add legal and counseling support by assigning additional experts.
A representative from the Gyeonggi Teachers’ Union, who has been supporting A, stated the teacher needs continued assistance because the opposing side is responding strongly to the case, despite the acquittal in the appeals court.
