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Three sisters who have lived in Jeju for over 20 years without their births being registered have been discovered. This is not directly related to any specific expressions in the article.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Juhee] Three sisters who have lived in Jeju for over 20 years without birth registration have been discovered, causing shock.

The Jeju Eastern Police Station announced on the 30th that they have booked and are investigating a woman in her 40s, Ms. A, on charges of educational neglect under the Child Welfare Act for not sending her children to school without any special reason.

Ms. A is accused of not sending her 14-year-old daughter, Ms. B, to school and leaving her educationally neglected. It has also been found that her two older daughters, aged 23 and 21, were not registered at birth either.

All three sisters have never received compulsory education, and it has been investigated that they have never received medical benefits. They have studied through EBS or online lectures and have lived almost exclusively at home, leading a long-term life isolated from society.

This fact came to light when Ms. A visited the community center on the 20th to report the death of her common-law spouse. At that time, the daughters who accompanied Ms. A to the community center asked, "Shouldn't we also register our births?" and a community center official who realized that the three sisters were not on the family register reported it to the police.

Ms. A reportedly explained the reason for not registering the births as, "All three children were born at home, so I did not feel the need to register their births," and added, "The children never said they wanted to go to school."

Jeju City is currently collecting fingerprints of the two adult children to issue temporary resident registration numbers and has applied for emergency support programs that provide living expenses for three months and the National Basic Livelihood Security. They also plan to support birth registration and issuance of resident registration numbers if the parent-child relationship between Ms. A and the three sisters is confirmed through DNA testing.

The police stated, "So far, there appears to have been no physical or emotional abuse toward the three sisters," and added, "We are also considering whether the same charges can be applied to Ms. A regarding the two adult daughters, who are also regarded as victims."

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