Evidence of abuse confirmed a month before Jung-in’s death
Holt said, “I couldn’t do a forced investigation without legal authority.
Shin Hyun-young “A national follow-up management system must be installed”
On the 6th, a child is waving toward the graveyard at the graveyard of Jung In-yang, which is buried in the Andersen Park Cemetery in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province. yunhap news
It was confirmed that the Holt Children’s Welfare Association (Holt), where Jung In was in charge of adoption, directly identified a clear situation of abuse from her adoptive parents a month before Jeong In died. Holt was responsible for follow-up management as an adoption agency, but since it was a private institution, he had no authority to force investigation.
According to the results of the Hankook Ilbo report on the 6th, Holt said in a phone call with his adoptive parents on September 18 last year, “No matter how pitiful I try to think, I don’t feel sorry. Even if I get angry and shout out to chew food, I do not listen “I encountered the story.
Jeongin was 15 months old at the time, and it was a difficult time to understand and discern the will of his parents even if he was angry and scolded. Bae-geun Lee, chairman of the Korea Child Abuse Prevention Association, said, “In most cases, parents scolding their children against their children is not disciplinary, but rather a anger pretending to be disciplined.” “I pointed out.
Holt did not take any proactive steps, even though he realized that his adoptive parents were angry with Jung In and that an attachment relationship was not forming. Because it is a private institution, there is no way to force the investigation or separate the child from the adoptive parents. Holt said in a statement released on the 6th, “At the time, through telephone consultation with Wool, I heard the condition of the child, and I immediately asked for pediatric treatment, and I received an answer saying,’There is no inflammation in the mouth, there is no health problem.'” . Regarding the failure to visit the home, he explained that “the mother refused to visit the home, and the adoption agency does not have the legal authority to force the home visit”
Police Commissioner Kim Chang-ryong is commemorating the deceased before apologizing to the public in connection with the’Jung-in’s death case’ at the Seodaemun-gu Police Office in Seoul on the 6th. Newsis
Holt learned after five days the fact that on September 23, last year, the Gangseo Child Protection Agency initiated a third child abuse investigation after Jeong In-i lost 1 kilogram. Even at this time, Holt delayed his appointment until October 15, when his adoptive parents refused to visit the home. Meanwhile, Jeong-in died on October 13th, living only 16 months.
It is not the first time that Holt’s negligence in follow-up care for adopted children has been revealed. According to data obtained from the Ministry of Health and Welfare by Rep. Shin Hyun-young, Holt found a scar on the victim’s body on the second home visit on May 26 last year. At the time, the visit was a procedure to confirm that there was a report of abuse against Jeong In-i. Holt pointed out that “(the adoptive parents) could not clearly explain the bruises on the child’s stomach and inner thighs.” However, it only guided them to respond more sensitively to childrearing without any follow-up measures.
Holt reported on the first visit on March 23 last year that “we confirmed that the couple, the child (Jeong In-i), and their biological children are forming a healthy and stable attachment relationship.” However, according to the results of investigations by the police and prosecutors, the abuse of wool has already started in March. Holt’s mistaken judgment had blown up the opportunity to save Jung In early from abuse.
In June, through a specialized child protection agency, the victim was cast in a cast for two weeks, and Yang-mo recognized that Jung In-i had been left in the car for 30 minutes, but did not take any measures during subsequent calls and home visits. Holt explained, “I asked the wool to do what he could do in the home for the safety of the child.”
Shin Hyun-young, a member of the Democratic Party. Reporter Oh Dae-geun
In addition, Democratic Party lawmaker Shin Hyun-young said, “It is not common for a 16-month-old child to’eat’ and’chew’, and it is not common for a child to appeal to others that he or she does not listen. He criticized that he should have recognized that he was not well cared for and was inexperienced. Rep. Shin emphasized that “the government needs a system that can monitor whether adoption agencies properly follow-up and how to take action when they are not properly implemented.”
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