"Where is the contract teacher compared to the regular teacher..." Private Middle School Administrative Director Fined for 'Insult and Assault' Charges

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] The administrative officer of a private middle school, who was prosecuted for verbally abusing and assaulting a contract teacher, was sentenced to a fine in the first trial.

According to the legal community on the 25th, Judge Lee Wonjoong of the Criminal Division 19 at the Seoul Central District Court recently sentenced A (54, male), who was charged with insult and assault, to a fine of 3 million won.

Earlier, A was prosecuted for verbally abusing and assaulting contract teacher B (35, male) in a meeting room at a private middle school in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on September 29 of last year.

At the time, A was investigated to have said to B, "Where does a contract teacher have the right to boss around a full-time teacher?" and "You don't even know your place and you call the full-time teacher by name, it's nonsense." Nine people, including the principal, vice principal, four teachers, and an on-duty driver, who were drinking tea together in the meeting room, witnessed this.

During this incident, A was found to have poured water from a cup onto B's face and punched him in the eye area.

In court, A's side argued that "there was no insulting language that would lower the victim's social evaluation."

The first trial found A guilty. Judge Lee stated, "The defendant's language expressed abstract judgment or contemptuous feelings that could lower the victim's social evaluation."

He added, "Considering the multiple witnesses present at the scene, the act can be recognized as public, and there is sufficient possibility of dissemination, so the defendant's claim is not accepted." The fact that A did not reach a settlement or receive forgiveness from B was also taken into account.

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