Junior high school keeps hush hush about sexual assault case

Article: [Exclusive] Group sexual assault at a junior high school... school stays 'hush hush'

Source: YTN via Nate

Four male junior high school students allegedly filmed a female classmate's private area, molested her, and spread the pictures around. The only thing the school did once it was reported was separate the students into different homerooms. The school did not explain what had happened at all to the parents.

When YTN tried to report on the matter, the school denied everything until finally admitting that the male students did indeed film her but that there wasn't any sexual assault or harassment involved.

Parents of the school are planning to charge the principal with dereliction of duty.

1. [+413, -1] The school is 'Shin Mok Junior High School' located in Seoul, Yangchun-gu, Mok 5 dong, 902-1 (02-2648-2142)

2. [+235, -6] It's because adults let these things off so easily that these kids grow up to commit sexual crimes like they're nothing... Please, strengthen the laws so that kids know right off the bat what a disgusting and wrong thing this is!

3. [+24, -1] Aigoo, it's a school in the Mok-dong neighborhood, the same neighborhood that refused to allow charity housing because it would lower their real estate value. Really great kids you're raising there~ You can raise them all up to be government officials.

4. [+19, -0] Uhh... splitting them up into different homerooms doesn't mean they can't track the girl down still.. They're still in the same school. What was the point of that???

5. [+17, -0] People who ignore the wounds of their own students have no right to be teachers.

6. [+13, -0] The school or the army, everyone is so quick to hide any wrongdoing.

7. [+7, -0] When will people learn that not handling matters properly will only set up a foundation that makes an even worse incident happen the next time?

8. [+6, -0] This is actually one of the better examples of punishments. Korean junior high schools are known for poor disciplinary action... A male student could rape a classmate right in the school and the teachers won't call the police or report it other than giving the kid community service and transferring the girl out of the school. If I were president, I'd start by abolishing schools that dare to graduate a student who raped a fellow classmate.

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