"6th Grade Daughter Sexually Harassed by Classmate in Elevator"…Angry 청 청원

"Offending Student Suspended for 3 Days Then Returns to Same Class"
"Request for Forced Transfer"

Photo by Blue House National Petition Board screen capture.

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] A story about a sixth-grade elementary school daughter being sexually harassed by a male classmate has been posted on the Blue House National Petition Board, causing a stir.

On the 10th, a petition titled "A sixth-grade male classmate in elementary school forcibly sexually harassed my daughter by pulling down her pants in the elevator. Please help" was posted on the Blue House National Petition Board. As of 7 a.m. on the 13th, this petition had received over 9,600 signatures.

The petitioner, A, who introduced herself as a mother of a sixth-grade daughter attending an elementary school in Gyeonggi-do, opened up by saying, "My child usually talks a lot with me, but she is a quiet child who finds it difficult to express herself to others and goes to school alone without close friends."

She claimed, "In the past two years, a male student from the same class who knew my child's personality and lived in the same apartment, same neighborhood, and same line sexually harassed my daughter alone in an empty elevator."

She continued, "My daughter came to me right after coming home from school and said, 'B boy touched my buttocks and pulled down my pants.' B boy did not press his own floor button after entering the elevator, threatened my daughter with a stern face, and touched her buttocks. He also tried to take off my daughter's coat and made sexually harassing remarks like 'Try farting,'” she reported.

A said, "B boy usually greeted my husband and me lightly and asked how we were when we met in the elevator. He was a male classmate whom we had known since childhood and somewhat trusted. Thinking about the fear and shock our child must have felt, unable to escape or move in the confined elevator, felt like the sky was falling," she expressed her outrage.

After hearing her daughter's story, A directly confirmed the facts with B boy, who admitted to his wrongdoing and asked not to inform his parents or the school.

Afterward, A informed B boy's parents and the homeroom teacher of the victimization, and the perpetrator's parents repeatedly apologized and promised to move or transfer schools.

However, after the case was reported as a sex crime and a police investigation was underway, B boy's side denied the sexual harassment, claiming that the elevator's internal CCTV was not recording. Furthermore, B boy's parents filed a complaint against A’s family, accusing them of "child abuse" for questioning B boy about the facts.

A said, "In this situation, the school only gave B boy a three-day suspension and said they could not take any other legal measures. I heard from my daughter that the perpetrator and victim are still in the same class, and the male student who committed the act was even class president in the first semester of sixth grade, having a lot of fun with many friends," she lamented.

She added, "Our child, who has to watch that scene, is left in this difficult situation without any friends and remains in the same classroom without any separation measures despite being sexually harassed at a young age," she complained.

Finally, she emphasized, "I hope a class change will be made promptly for my child, who lives in fear every day in the same class. With elementary school graduation approaching, if she is assigned to the same district's middle school again, secondary damage due to retaliation is inevitable. Please prevent secondary damage by forcibly transferring the perpetrator," she urged.

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