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Three days after Park Sang-ha, a professional volleyball player, denied allegations of school violence, he admitted that he would retire.
Also, professional baseball players have been accused of being perpetrators of school violence.
Reporter Taewoon Kim reports.
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Last weekend, a pro baseball player from Hanwha and two high school alumni from two clubs in the metropolitan area were suspicious of school violence.
Disclosures that revealed the real names of the perpetrators, such as’was the leader of group assault’ and’forced behaviors that induce sexual shame’, were posted on the online bulletin board.
However, the players denied that the allegations were not true through the club.
[프로야구단 관계자]
“It is true that the player said that there is no such thing, but the club is checking the facts through various routes, such as school officials, coaching staff, seniors and juniors.”
As the controversy over school violence spread throughout sports, responses to disclosure have also changed.
While Sisters Lee Jae-young and Da-young Da, Song Myung-geun, and Shim Gyeong-seop, etc., were quickly admitted to the violence and apologized.
In the case of allegations of school violence that have been raised since then, most of them, including the three players in professional baseball, have spread to truth battles.
In particular, Park Sang-ha, of Samsung Fire & Marine, who played men’s volleyball, completely denied gang violence 21 years ago.
Today, while face-to-face interviews with the victims were being promoted, they declared full-scale retirement from active duty three days after exposure.
However, while acknowledging the fact of his school violence, he said that it was not true at all about the 14-hour gang violence raised in the revelation article, and left controversy by predicting future legal action.
[박상하 학교폭력 피해자]
“It’s complicated. I admit to anything else, but I don’t admit to hitting me. Even kids who haven’t contacted me for twenty years also texted me. I was sorry for not being able to help me.”
The problem is that it is difficult to prove damage like this.
Since it was so long ago, most of them have no records.
In the case of disciplinary records of school violence under the current law, the facts are retained only when expelled from school.
If you receive a lower disposition, you are required to delete all related records two years after graduation.
In the end, it means that the victim has to prove it.
[방요한 변호사]
“For assault, the statute of prosecution is about 5 years, but it is highly likely that you will not be able to get relief after the period. There is a high possibility that the evidence will be destroyed (it is difficult.)”
Even if it turns out to be true, it is difficult to hold legal responsibility over time, and if there is no evidence, school violence is exposed.
Victims are still suffering from heartburn today.
This is Taewoon Kim of MBC News.
(Video editing: Sungho Woo)
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