Amid constant controversy over the vocational juvenile system, where people are not punished for committing crimes when they are less than 14 years old, 13-year-olds were caught in an accident with a stolen car. It turns out that since last year, they were caught and released, and then they had repeatedly stolen dozens of times.
This is G1 Gwak Donghwa reporter.
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A policeman who was dispatched to a white passenger car that caused a reverse accident approaches.
Blocking to prevent escape.
[하지마, 하지마. 하지 말라고.]
The passenger car ignores the warning and moves forward.
After bumping into a vehicle parked next to it, it even hits a police patrol car.
The citizens who watched were barely avoided.
[피해 시민 : 경찰차를 받고 주차된 차를 받고 제 쪽으로 돌진하길래 도망가다가 넘어지면서 무릎을 다쳤고….]
The drivers and passengers who drove the abused vehicle were 13 years old and 2nd graders in middle school.
The car was found to have been stolen from an apartment parking lot in Wonju.
The students in the stolen vehicle were caught by the police in the vicinity of the downtown area during about 12 km escape.
As a result of police investigations, it was revealed that they have been habitually stealing money and goods inside vehicles since December of last year.
Only about 20 confirmed vehicle hairs.
While the police arrested him and just released it over and over again, he stole the vehicle with a key that was inside the vehicle.
[경찰 관계자 : 동행영장을 근거로 법원에 데려다 주면 법원에서 심리를 하죠. 우리가 데려다주긴 줬는데 심리를 (아직) 안 했나 봐요.]
The police turned them over to the Juvenile Department of the Chuncheon District Court, as they were called junior boys who could not be punished by criminal penalties.