Elementary School Teacher Arrested and Indicted for Sexual Harassment of Two Students... Additional Charges Discovered

Gyeongnam Provincial Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] An elementary school teacher who was investigated for sexually harassing two female students in his class multiple times has been brought to trial while in custody.

A (in his 30s), a teacher at an elementary school in the province, was suspended from his position and investigated by the police this year on charges of sexually harassing female students in his class (sexual harassment by abuse of authority under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes). He was arrested last month.

Mr. A is accused of unnecessary physical contact with a female student who was late and sexually harassing her by calling her in on the weekend under the pretext of supplementary lessons.

Furthermore, the police confirmed additional allegations that Mr. A sexually harassed another female student at his previous school and arrested him on the 23rd of last month.

The prosecution indicted Mr. A on the same charges on the 5th after receiving the case with a recommendation for prosecution.

Mr. A is reported to have defended himself by saying, "It happened during the process of teaching the children, and I had no intention of harassment. I am innocent."

The first trial for Mr. A is scheduled for the 31st, but the disciplinary level has not yet been decided.

The provincial education office held a disciplinary committee on the 9th of this month but postponed the disciplinary decision to confirm the prosecution’s investigation results regarding additional charges against Mr. A.

Three days after the first disciplinary committee, on the 12th, the provincial education office officially received a document titled "Criminal Case Decision Result" from the prosecution and plans to hold a second disciplinary committee around mid-September to decide on the disciplinary action reflecting this information.

A provincial education office official explained, "When the offending teacher admits to the charges or the evidence is clear, sexual violence-related disciplinary actions are handled promptly regardless of criminal punishment. However, in this case, since the teacher denies the charges and there is a possibility of additional charges, we decided to determine the disciplinary level after the indictment."

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