[단독]”Involuntary behavior, severe punishment” seen by the Korean Sports Association

Lee Jae-young and Lee Da-young (left) who participated in the game last October. yunhap news

The Korean Sports Association (Chairman Kiheung Lee) submitted to the National Assembly a position that an institutional arrangement for the return of perpetrators is necessary as a countermeasure against the problem of school violence in the sports field.

On the 18th, the Korean Sports Association responded to the answer to the Democratic Party member of the National Assembly’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee, entitled’The direction of the Korea Sports Association related to abusive behavior in the sports field’, “There are some harsh areas in preventing the entry of lifelong sports to adolescents. I can.” The Korean Sports Association is a public institution under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism that oversees and directs various amateur elite sports and lifestyle sports organizations.

The Korea Sports Association said, “There is a program that supports the advancing to society even for criminals who have been punished by criminal penalties. It is also necessary for the perpetrators of school violence to reflect on and re-enter society after appropriate punishment and regulation.” Gave an opinion. It was a response to a question from former lawmakers asking about the lack of legislation related to school violence and what needs to be supplemented. The sports association said, “It is appropriate to eradicate juvenile abuse and harassment”, but the focus of the countermeasures is on supporting the return of the perpetrators.

Korea Sports Association Chairman Lee Ki-heung attended the 22nd Board of Directors of the Korean Sports Association held at the Olympic Parktel in Songpa-gu on the morning of January 15, 2019, announcing a renewal plan for the violence and sexual violence in the sports field, and apologizing. Newsis

Regarding this, Rep. Jeon Jeon said, “Even with a lot of violence in the sports world, the Korean Sports Council’s uneasy awareness remains, and there is no intention to improve. It criticized that it was a treatment that did not measure the public’s anger over laws and institutions that do not provide appropriate punishment for the perpetrators.” Chun also pointed out that “protection of the rights of the perpetrator is possible when the perpetrator is properly punished in a timely manner.”

As the culture of violence in the sports world, including the sexual assault incident by former short track coach Jo Jae-beom, rose to the fore, in January 2019, Korea Sports President Lee Ki-heung bowed his head, saying, “We will be renewed with the determination to be the last.” However, even last year, the late Sook-Hyun Choi reportedly reported violence to the Sports Human Rights Center of the Korean Sports Association and made an extreme choice without receiving relief. Recently, after Lee Jae-young and Da-young of the professional volleyball player Heungkuk Life, the history of school violence of OK Financial Group players Song Myung-geun and Shim Gyeong-seop has been exposed, but the Korea Sports Association has not come up with any measures.

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