[사회]Former Ingang school teacher who fed horseradish to students with intellectual disabilities … doomed

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You may remember the controversial case of Seoul’s Ingang School, which was controversial after allegations of abuse were revealed, such as force-feeding horseradish to students with intellectual disabilities.

Teachers and social workers were handed over to trial, but there were mixed trials in previous first and second trials.

Reporter Na Hye-in reports.

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In 2018, a controversy arose over abuse at the Ingang School in Seoul, where students with intellectual disabilities attend.

It was revealed that social workers systematically beat or imprisoned students and that teachers were forced to feed wasabi.

At that time, a comprehensive investigation was also carried out by the Ministry of Education into serious human rights violations that occurred in special schools.

[인강학교 학부모 (지난 2018년) : 어떻게 이렇게 선생님들이 뻔뻔하게 엄마를 속일 수 있습니까? 이게 무슨 학교입니까?] [유은혜 / 부총리 겸 교육부 장관 (지난 2018년) : 절대 있어서는 안 될 일이 일어난 것에 대해서 정말 참담한 심정입니다.]

Subsequently, the three social service workers who were handed over to trial for violating the Child Welfare Act were sentenced in both the first and second trials, and were sentenced to two years of probation each from six months to one year. prison.

[이 모 씨 / 前 인강학교 사회복무요원(지난 2월 1심 선고 직후) : 죄송하다는 말 한마디, 피해자분께 정말 죄송하다고….]

However, Mr. Cha Mo, a teacher accused of force-feeding horseradish paste and red pepper to a disabled student, was acquitted in the first trial for lack of evidence and convicted in the second trial.

Mr. Cha confessed to the crime in the prosecution’s investigation, but changed his words saying that he made a false statement due to his moral responsibility in court.

The appeals court overturned the first trial by accepting the testimony of the social service workers who were charged with it.

However, considering that the victim’s family was looking for a predecessor, the sentence was sentenced to six months in prison and two years of probation, and the Supreme Court also confirmed the second trial ruling that there was no fault in the lower court judgment.

Baek Mo, the only three social service workers to appeal, was also sentenced to one year in prison and two years of probation.

Paik has been accused of emotional abuse, such as confining a student with a disability in a locker or repeatedly sitting and standing.

The Ingang school was reopened as a special public school last year at the request of the victims.

The Supreme Court ruling even confirmed the criminal responsibility of the perpetrators, but it seems that constant inspections must continue to prevent a recurrence.

This is Hyein Na, YTN.

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