Air Force Academy Professor Assaults Student Officer

On the 1st, President Moon Jae-in delivered a congratulatory speech at the '71st Armed Forces Day event' held at Daegu Air Force Base (11th Fighter Wing) in celebration of Armed Forces Day. / Daegu = Photo by Joint Press Corps

[Asia Economy Reporter Yang Nak-gyu]A professor affiliated with the Air Force Academy has been caught on suspicion of assaulting student officers, prompting the military to conduct an investigation.

According to Air Force officials on the 27th, Professor A, affiliated with the Air Force Academy, has been accused of repeatedly assaulting student officers under his supervision over the past 2 to 3 years.

Professor A is known to be a civilian military employee. It has been reported that during flight training, if Professor A judged the students' handling to be inadequate, he verbally abused them and physically struck them indiscriminately.

As a result, following an internal investigation by the Air Force starting in early April, some allegations of verbal abuse and assault by Professor A have been confirmed. The exact number of victims has not yet been identified.

Currently, the military police are conducting additional investigations to determine whether Professor A, who has been booked, committed other acts of violence.

Meanwhile, during the investigation of Professor A, the Air Force expanded the scope to include the former flight training unit, and as a result, similar allegations have been detected against several other professors, leading to ongoing military police investigations.

The Air Force stated, "We will take strict measures according to laws and regulations based on the results of the inspection and investigation."

Recently, incidents of 'military discipline deterioration' have been occurring one after another, such as an army non-commissioned officer assaulting a soldier after losing a game, or a soldier assaulting a female company commander after expressing dissatisfaction due to difficult work conditions.

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