[단독] “Cutting it with a cutter knife and hitting it with a chair”… Actor Dong-ha suspected of being abused by intellectual disabilities

“As soon as I first saw it, I’puck’ with my fist. I think it was easy to see that I was a little different from other kids.”

On the 8th, Mr. A, who met at a cafe in Seoul, said something about’that day’ 14 years ago in a slightly vague but clear tone. That day was the high school freshman orientation day. In the auditorium where all the first graders were gathered, someone swearing and suddenly slammed A’s belly with a fist. Mr. A, who has a dwarf physique and severe intellectual disability, confessed, “I felt like that after hearing the story that I was a child who could be bullied.”

The person who hit A was actor Kim Hyeong-gyu (29), who uses the stage name’Dong-ha’. He made an appearance in the dramas’Chief Kim’,’Suspicious Partner’, and’Judge Lee’, and appeared in the recently ended KBS2 drama’Oh! Samgwang Villa!’. The suspicion of Kim’s school violence first came out earlier this month. It was posted that someone other than Mr. A was assaulted by Mr. Kim. In this article, people who are presumed to be graduates of the same school as Mr. A posted several comments saying, “When the story of A comes out, it will be over.” It means that the fact that Mr. A was bullied was publicly known.

Mr. A said that he had suffered violent language and assault from Mr. Kim for more than a year. They weren’t in the same class, but they often encountered each other in moving classes. Mr. A said, “I hit and swear at any place, such as on the corridor, classroom, or roof. It is difficult to say one by one,” he said.

Some memories are as clear as yesterday. Mr. A recalled, “In high school, Mr. Kim wore a cutter knife with a lighter and then built a place like his forearm.” “Aside from me, other friends suffered the same damage,” he recalled. “There were times when I was called to the rooftop and choked right before fainting, and there were times when I fell down with a chair in the classroom.” The harassment stopped only after Kim transferred to school in the second grade.

Mr. A recently claimed that Mr. Kim tried to write pretending to be Mr. A. Mr. A said, “I contacted me because the school violence article came out and my story came out in the comments. He added, “I was angry to see Mr. Kim denying the allegations of school violence as’unworked’.” He added, “I hope that at least I admit it.”

A teacher who was at the school where Mr. A attended said in a phone call with the Segye Ilbo, “I know that Mr. A was assaulted is correct.”

On the other hand, Mr. Kim denied the allegations. Mr. Kim said, “No matter how many times I look back, I have never harassed or assaulted anyone. “I got along very well with Mr. A,” he said. “There were a lot of students who knew me because their debut was early. I didn’t study hard and I had fights with my friends. Seeing that, I think (and other students) misunderstood.”

Reporter Lee Jong-min [email protected]

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