[단독] “A child can’t even walk alone.”

Jung-in, who died after 16 months of life due to the abuse of her adoptive parents, is raising police responsibility over the case, and the JoongAng Ilbo obtained a transcript of 112 reports of A, a child and adolescent specialist, who was the last reporter in September of last year. In the call, Mr. A said that he suspected the situation of abuse by referring to Jung In’s nutritional status and bruises, but it was confirmed that the investigation was not properly conducted right after the report.

According to police transcripts obtained by the Democratic Party member Shin Hyun-young of the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee on the 5th, pediatrician A reported suspicion of child abuse to the police immediately after Jeong In-yi went to the hospital on September 23 last year. In a call that lasted for 2 minutes and 58 seconds, Mr. A explained that the child’s parents were secretly brought to the hospital, that there was a previously reported history, that bruises were often found and that nutrition was poor.

In the transcript, Mr. A said, “The guardian of the child I brought today is the head of the daycare center. He said that he was a child who had been dispatched several times from the police and child protection agencies in the past. “I came to the daycare center after a month or two, but the nutritional status was so poor that I could not walk alone, so the teacher brought it to our hospital without my mother knowing.” did. He also explained that “the bruise seems to have been common in the past.”

After receiving the report, the police women and youth investigation team mobilized together with a child protection agency (Abojeon) to investigate whether the child was abused against both parents, pediatricians, and Jeong In-i. The agency took Jeong In-yang to another pediatric clinic for treatment, but when a simple stomatitis diagnosis was found here, it concluded that there was no charge of child abuse. On the day of the incident, Abojeon officials visited the home and met the child for 80 minutes, saying, “(The victim is) well embraced by the adoptive father and drank water from his adoptive father. The counselor confirmed the child’s weight loss and the child’s food ate.’ The police also concluded that the internal affairs were terminated (June 16) and the prosecution was sent to the prosecutor’s office (August 12) when reporting child abuse twice.

The adoption agency that communicated with Abojeon could not prevent Jeong In-yi’s death. On the 28th of the same month, Abojeon decided to share the situation with each other on family intervention by informing the adoption agency of the third report. However, no separate measures were taken except to confirm Jung In’s condition through consultation with her adoptive parents. The adoption agency requested a home visit, but when Wool refused it, the visit was delayed for about three weeks (October 15). Jeong In-i died of a cardiac arrest at 6:40 pm on October 13 last year, two days before the date the home visit was promised.

Lee Myung-sook, a lawyer at the Korea Women’s Children’s Human Rights Center, said, “How many cases have child abuse been revealed like Jeong In-i? Politicians say one word at a time saying that they will systematically compensate for a big incident, but the case is repeated as we deal with it on an ad-hoc basis.” “Because the police or child protection agencies don’t have budgets, they don’t have any manpower, and their expertise is low. In the same case, he added, “If he were a veteran expert, he would not have taken such measures when such a report of suspicion of abuse was received,” he added.

Rep. Shin Hyun-young said, “If the person in charge had actively reflected this in the on-site evaluation by referring to the medical opinions of experts who found signs of child abuse, Jung In-i would have been rescued before his death.” I will actively work on preparing the device.”

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