"Did This XX Mother Raise You Like This?" Middle School Moral Teacher's Verbal Abuse Fine Confirmed

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] A middle school ethics teacher who repeatedly used abusive language and sexual harassment against students has been sentenced to a fine.

On the 1st, the Supreme Court Division 1 (Presiding Justice Park Junghwa) announced that it upheld the lower court's ruling sentencing middle school teacher Mr. A, who was charged with violating the Child Abuse Punishment Act, to a fine of 10 million won.

Previously, Mr. A, who worked as an ethics teacher at a middle school in Buyeo-gun, Chungnam in 2019, was prosecuted for habitual verbal abuse against six students on 17 occasions, including saying in the teachers' office within earshot of a student, "You XX, you are a very bad XX. Did your mother raise you like this?" and "I will tear your internal organs to pieces, find the black spots, and wash them away."

He was also charged with making sexually abusive remarks to some students during ethics class the same year, saying, "Raise your right hand to make a V sign and tap the balls under the thing."

In the first trial, most of Mr. A's charges were found guilty, and he was sentenced to 8 months in prison with a 2-year probation. The court at the time pointed out, "As a teacher, he should have protected and guided the victim students, but he repeatedly committed abusive acts," and "Although the students and parents appear to have suffered significant psychological shock, the defendant consistently responded with incomprehensible excuses rather than reflecting on his wrongdoing."

Subsequently, the second trial considered "the fact that Mr. A had no prior criminal record, had served as a teacher for 23 years, and acknowledged the charges while showing remorse at this stage," and reduced the sentence to a fine of 10 million won. The Supreme Court also agreed with this judgment and dismissed the defendant's appeal.

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