There was another opportunity to save Jeong In. Last year, the government checked the status of child abuse on a large scale. Under the presidency of the Deputy Prime Minister, the police, local governments, and specialized organizations took the initiative, once and the Ministry of Health and Welfare did this twice, once separately. However, as a result of JTBC’s coverage, both times, Jung In-i went away.
This is Choi Soo-yeon.
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Last year, a 9-year-old boy died in a travel bag, and a child was found in chains.
The government carried out a major special check on child abuse.
Under the presidency of the Deputy Prime Minister, not only the police but also local governments and specialized agencies were mobilized.
The period was also held for 5 months from June.
There were over 8,500 suspected cases of abuse.
However, despite this, Jung-in could not filter out the abuse.
At first, target selection was a problem.
As I looked for cases where reports were received more than once until May, Jung In, who had a second report in June, was not eligible.
After the second report, the problem was that the’re-abuse cases’ were not classified.
Because of the police record, which was closed due to’no charges of child abuse’, no further inspection was conducted.
There were even more precious opportunities.
This is a total child abuse survey conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in September last year.
As this is a full-scale investigation, this time, the child protection agency conducted a field investigation on the case of Jeong In.
But the conclusion was the same.
It was removed from the case, saying that it is difficult to see it as abuse based on the investigation of adoptive parents.
More than 20 days after this conclusion was made, Jeong In died.
[이종성/국민의힘 의원 : (정부의) 합동점검 체계가 전혀 가동되지 않은 무용지물이었던 것이죠. 아동보호 체계가 총체적으로 부실한 것이…]
In the National Assembly, the so-called’Jung In Lee Act’ initiative to prevent child abuse is being followed belatedly.
Some lawmakers have even apologized.
[김병욱/국민의힘 의원 : 또 다른 정인이가 나타나지 않도록 정말 뭐든지…정인아 미안하다 사랑한다.]
Earlier, in the last 20th National Assembly, the ruling and opposition parties automatically abolished more than 30 similar bills upon termination of their terms.
(Data provided: People’s Power, Lee Jong-seong, Office of Congress (National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee))
(Video Design: Yunna Kim)