Education Superintendent Jang Seok-woong Meets with Parents of Student Who Died from Sexual Violence

Superintendent Jang Seok-woong meets with the father of the affected student to offer condolences. Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jang Seok-woong, Superintendent of Education for Jeonnam, recently met with the parents of a middle school student who died after alleging group sexual violence at a dormitory in a middle school in Yeonggwang, offering condolences for their grief.

According to the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education on the 17th, Superintendent Jang met with the deceased student's father that morning and promised, "We will thoroughly investigate to uncover the truth of the matter in detail and establish measures to prevent recurrence so that such unfortunate incidents never happen again."

The deceased student's parents claim that despite informing the school and the education office about the harm their son suffered, the negligent response caused their son to suffer from stress and eventually die. Since the 15th, they have been holding a one-person protest in front of the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education, appealing for a fact-finding investigation and countermeasures.

After meeting with the victimized student's father, Superintendent Jang instructed the relevant department to "ensure a fair and objective investigation is conducted regarding this matter."

The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education plans to establish a task force at the Yeonggwang Education Support Office to conduct an unreserved investigation into the case, and to ensure fairness and objectivity, experts from civic groups will be involved in the task force.

The victim's parents expressed, "Through the meeting with Superintendent Jang Seok-woong, we gained great strength in this tragic and difficult situation. What we want is solely the transfer of the offending students and a sincere apology from the school," adding, "We hope that through a thorough investigation, such tragedies will never happen again in schools."

Meanwhile, the Jeonnam Provincial Council's Education Committee also formed the 'Yeonggwang School Violence Subcommittee' the previous day, listened to the current status from the task force, and expressed their determination to conduct a fact-finding investigation.

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