Public Outrage Still Boiling Over 'Abuse Accusation Teacher Suicide Case' with Criminal Proceedings Closed... 300,000 Agree to Petition for Severe Punishment

The petition titled "My older sister, who was a daycare teacher falsely accused of child abuse and suffered verbal abuse, took her own life" had garnered over 312,000 supporters as of 9:53 AM on the 25th. Photo by National Petition Board screenshot

[Asia Economy Reporter Hana Na] The number of people supporting a national petition demanding severe punishment for the perpetrators related to a daycare teacher in Sejong City who was falsely accused of child abuse and, unable to endure the perpetrators' continuous malicious complaints, took her own life has surpassed 300,000.

As of 9:53 AM on the 25th, the petition titled "My older sister, who was a daycare teacher falsely accused of child abuse and suffered verbal abuse, took her own life" posted on the Blue House national petition board on the 5th has received over 312,000 supporters.

Petitions that receive more than 200,000 "agreements" within 30 days require a response from government and Blue House officials, and compared to this, the petition has garnered a very large number of endorsements.

According to the legal community, A (30), a childcare teacher at a daycare center in the administrative city of Sejong, endured physical assault and insults from the family members of a child, B (37) and C (60), who continuously claimed child abuse for one and a half years starting around November 2018, and tragically made an extreme choice in June.

Earlier, on the 17th of last month, the Daejeon District Court sentenced B and C to fines of 20 million won each in the first trial for repeatedly verbally abusing A with phrases such as "Your smile is disgusting" and "Go get married and give birth to a bastard like you..." and physically assaulting her (charges of obstruction of business, violation of the Act on Punishment of Violent Acts, and insult).

The court stated, "Although it seems appropriate to impose a strict prison sentence, the type of sentence cannot be changed to a harsher one than the summary order (fine)."

In response, the perpetrators filed an appeal against the court ruling but soon abruptly withdrew it.

The petitioner, who is A's sibling, appealed, saying, "B and C tormented my sister mercilessly to the point of draining her life and tightened the noose around her neck," and requested, "Please impose stronger punishment on B, C, and others, and prevent such unjust incidents from happening again."

Although public opinion and petition support demanding severe punishment for the perpetrators who unjustly drove the childcare teacher to death are surging, criminal proceedings against the perpetrators have been concluded. Furthermore, a reinvestigation of the entire case is understood to be difficult considering the victim has passed away.

The government is expected to announce its stance on the daycare childcare environment, which is inevitably vulnerable to false accusations of child abuse, after the petition closes on the 4th of next month.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.