"Living Each Day Only for You... I Will Uncover the Truth" Plea from the Mother of Deceased Yanggu High School Student

The mother of A, a first-year high school student who died by suicide, revealed a note A left before his death on social media (SNS) on the 1st.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Sumi] "Another morning dawns without you. Did you sleep well, my son?", "To mom, you are still a little kid...".

At the end of last month, the mother of A, a first-year student at a boarding high school in Gangwon Province who left a note saying "I'm not okay, help me" before taking an extreme step, is writing letters every day filled with longing and love for her son, adding to the sorrow.

The mother posts such messages daily on the social networking service (SNS) account that A used while alive.

On the 1st, the mother wrote on this SNS, "My precious second son left this world due to collective school violence and bullying. He was only seventeen years old." She then revealed the note A left before passing away.

The note A intended to send to someone read, "When I look at the sky, tears just come out, so I can't even look up," "What else can I do besides pretending to be okay," and "Maybe I'm not okay, help me."

A week later, the mother revealed A's second note on SNS. She wrote on the 8th, "It hurts my heart, but I will reveal your second note," adding, "People need to know how long you suffered and how hard it was."

In the second note, A wrote, "How can those people on the street look so bright? I can't, so I always imagine going to that place."

The mother said, "The moment I unfolded this crumpled note, it felt like my heart stopped." She added, "I resent everything and feel angry. Truly, living is not living."

Besides this, the mother expresses her deep longing on A's SNS, saying "I love you, I miss you, I want to hug you," while also pleading, "Please don't forget until the injustice is resolved," and shouting about the seriousness of school violence and the need to uncover the truth, saying, "I will definitely reveal the truth."

On the 5th, a petition titled "Please clear the injustice of my son who had no choice but to choose death at the tender age of seventeen" was posted on the Blue House National Petition Board. [Photo by Blue House National Petition Board capture]

Earlier, on the 5th, A's parents posted a petition titled 'Please resolve the injustice of my son who had no choice but to choose death at the tender age of seventeen' on the Blue House National Petition Board.

In the post, the parents stated, "On the 27th of last month, my beloved second son died after jumping from a building at a boarding high school in Yanggu," and claimed, "The school said immediately after the death that it was unrelated to school violence, but according to friends' testimonies, it was clearly a case involving cyberbullying, collective ostracism, and the teacher's indifference."

They also said, "The fundamental cause of this incident is the school culture that neglects severe conflicts arising from human relationships and the school's inaction in actively addressing it," and appealed, "Please thoroughly investigate and uncover the truth to resolve my son's injustice."

As of the 17th, this petition has garnered over 167,000 supporters.

Meanwhile, according to the police, A died after falling from the rooftop of a high school building in Yanggu County, Gangwon Province, on the 27th of last month. A's parents reported the incident as school violence to the school on the 30th of last month, and the school is currently conducting surveys among students to grasp the specific situation.

※ If you are struggling with difficult feelings such as depression and need professional help, you can call the suicide prevention hotline ☎1577-0199, Hope Phone ☎129, Life Phone ☎1588-9191, or Youth Phone ☎1388 for 24-hour expert counseling.

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