Only 17.5% of Students Accused of School Violence Win Lawsuits... Legal Action to Delay Disciplinary Measures

Jeong Sun-shin's Son Appeals Transfer Disciplinary Action... Administrative Lawsuit Reaches Supreme Court
"Concerns Over Secondary Harm... Measures Needed to Prevent Recurrence"

The probability of a student who committed school violence winning an administrative lawsuit filed in objection to the measures taken by the School Violence Countermeasures Committee (Hakppokwi) was found to be only 17.5%. Despite the low success rate, the continuation of administrative lawsuits by the offending students is analyzed as possibly being intended to delay the enforcement of the Hakppokwi's measures.

Kang Deuk-gu, member of the Democratic Party of Korea./Photo by Kang Jin-hyeong aymsdream@

According to data submitted by 17 city and provincial offices of education nationwide to Kang Deuk-gu, a member of the National Assembly's Education Committee from the Democratic Party of Korea, the total number of administrative lawsuits filed by offenders related to school violence objection procedures from 2020 to August last year was 325. Among these, the number of cases won was 57, resulting in a success rate of only 17.5%.

Looking at the success rates by region, in Daejeon, offending students filed 10 administrative lawsuits and lost all, recording a 0% success rate. Gyeonggi (8.3%) and Busan (8.3%) had success rates below 10%. Eight other regions including Daegu (11.1%), Chungbuk (11.1%), Sejong (14.3%), Gyeongbuk (15.0%), Chungnam (18.2%), Gyeongnam (18.4%), Jeonbuk (18.7%), and Seoul (19.0%) also had success rates below 20%.

It is known that the son of lawyer Jeong Soon-shin, who recently fell from his position as head of the National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters, was a school violence offender in high school and filed an administrative lawsuit in March 2018 after being transferred to another school, which he contested and took all the way to the Supreme Court. After the Hakppokwi's forced transfer decision, Jeong's son attended the same school as the victim student for about a year until the Supreme Court's final ruling.

Assemblyman Kang stated, "There is growing suspicion that lawyer Jeong deliberately took the case to the Supreme Court to prevent the school violence record from being entered in his child's student record and to avoid affecting college admissions." He added, "While the offending student goes through administrative appeals, administrative lawsuits, and requests for suspension of enforcement, the victim student is not protected and is highly likely to suffer secondary harm," emphasizing, "The Ministry of Education must prepare measures to prevent recurrence."

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