Byun Hee-soo fought alone in a single room of 11 pyeong… Neighbor “I didn’t know people lived”

An envelope of wealth is placed in front of the house of former Army Sergeant Byun Hee-soo, who was found dead in an apartment in Cheongju, Chungbuk on the 3rd. Reporter Choi Jong-kwon

An apartment in Geumcheon-dong, Sangdang-gu, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk on the morning of the 4th. A police control ship was lined up at the door of the late former army sergeant Byun Hee-soo, 23, who was found dead in his home the day before. In front of the door, there was an envelop in commemoration of the deceased and a bottle of soju. On the envelope, there was a sentence saying, “Sergeant Byeon Hee-soo, take peace.

Sergeant Byeon came down to Cheongju, his hometown after being forced to discharge in January last year, and lived alone in this apartment for a year. A resident living on the same floor said, “I didn’t hear the popularity for a while, so I thought people weren’t living.”

An official from the management office said, “The building where the former sergeant lives is 11 pyeong (36.3m2) in size and is a studio type with a kitchen and toilet in one room. There are many people moving in, so I didn’t know that Sergeant Byeon moved in.” The owner of the shopping mall laundry said, “Looking at the guest details, it turns out that Sergeant Byeon took over the futon laundry in March last year. I haven’t been there since then.”

A former army sergeant Byun Hee-soo, who had undergone sex reassignment surgery overseas while on vacation, was dismissed from military service, was found dead at his home in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province on the 3rd. [뉴스1]

According to the police, Sergeant Byeon was found dead in his home bed around 5:49 pm on the 3rd. An official from the Mental Health Welfare Center in Sangdang-gu, Cheongju, who was in charge of psychological counseling for Sergeant Byeon, reported to the fire department and the police when he could not reach them that day. The police forcefully opened the door and entered the house and found a hidden sergeant.

Police postponed that there was no intrusion from outsiders, so it is assumed that Sergeant Byeon made an extreme choice. A police official said, “No will was found.” In mid-November last year, Sergeant Byeon tried to make an extreme choice and confronted the police for 2-3 hours. Afterwards, Sergeant Byeon was admitted to the hospital and received psychiatric treatment.

Sergeant Byeon Jeon was the target of general counseling managed by Sangsang Mental Health Welfare Center. An official from the center said, “At the request of an agency, the center counselor visited Sergeant Byeon’s home on February 19 and conducted the first face-to-face consultation. I decided, and I agreed.” This official added, “It is difficult to disclose what kind of grievances Sergeant Byeon had mentally because it is a personal counseling data.”

On the 4th, when news of the death of former Sergeant Byun Hee-soo, who was forced to discharge after undergoing a sex change operation, a space is prepared in front of the representative office of the Justice Party in Yeouido, Seoul. [뉴스1]

After that, on February 22nd and February 24th, the center gave phone consultations twice. The last 3 days, when Sergeant Byeon died, was the first day of telephone consultation in the 2nd week. An official from the center said, “I called the deceased for counseling, but I could not connect. “He said. Center officials weren’t popular even if they knocked on the door, so they asked 112 and the fire department for rescue.

Sergeant Byun is the first soldier to speak out by revealing his gender identity. He served in a unit in the northern region of Gyeonggi Province, and returned to the military after undergoing sex change surgery abroad during his vacation in 2019. He hoped to’continue to serve’ even after the transition.

However, the military made a mandatory investigation on changes in the body of former Sergeant Byeon, who had undergone sex change surgery, and made a’psychological and physical disability level 3 judgment’, and on January 22 last year, he decided to discharge. Sergeant Byeon filed a personnel appeal requesting a re-evaluation of the decision to dismiss the Army Headquarters in February of last year, but it was not accepted. Sergeant Byeon filed an administrative lawsuit to cancel the disposition under the Daejeon District Law in August last year after the personnel appeal was dismissed.

The police are scheduled to conduct an autopsy on the 5th to reveal the exact cause of Sergeant Byeon. The funeral is held in Cheongju on the 4th to 5th.

Cheongju = Reporter Choi Jong-kwon [email protected]