Middle School Student Disciplined for Lying on Classroom Floor with Phone... Police Confirm "No Illegal Filming"

No Illegal Filming Found in Digital Forensic Results
Three Students Disciplined by the Teacher Rights Protection Committee

On the 14th, the Chungnam Office of Education held a Committee for the Protection of Teachers' Rights and disciplined three middle school students. /Photo by SNS capture

[Asia Economy Kim Gun-chan, Intern Reporter] It has been confirmed that there were no illegal recordings on the smartphone of a middle school student appearing in a video showing him lying down on the teacher's podium during class, seemingly filming the teacher. Three middle school students, including the one who used the phone and another who filmed the scene and uploaded it to social networking services (SNS), will be disciplined.

According to the Hongseong Police Station in Chungnam on the 15th, a digital forensic examination of the smartphone belonging to student A, who was suspected of secretly filming a teacher during class at a middle school in Hongseong last month on the 26th, revealed no illegal recordings.

According to the police, student A was reportedly lying down on the podium using the video platform TikTok at the time. During the police investigation, A reportedly stated that "I only used the outlet on the podium to charge my smartphone battery and did not film the teacher."

The police plan to close the case without prosecution once the investigation is completed.

Earlier, on the 26th of last month, a 12-second video showing a student seemingly filming a teacher during class on the podium was uploaded to SNS, sparking controversy over infringement of teacher authority. On the same account where the video was posted, another student from the same class was also seen shirtless, talking to the teacher.

As the controversy spread, the Chungnam Office of Education held a Teacher Protection Committee meeting on the 14th and decided to discipline three middle school students, including student A and student B who filmed and uploaded the video to SNS, and implemented protective measures for the teacher involved. It was confirmed that two students received severe disciplinary actions, and one received a light disciplinary action.

The Office of Education did not disclose the specific disciplinary measures taken against the three students, citing student rights and personal information protection.

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