In connection with the case of Jung In, who died 16 months after abuse, a second trial was held against her adoptive parents today (17th). At the time of the abuse, the Witnesses who explained how Jung In had changed couldn’t speak for a while.
This is Kim Sang-min.
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The voice calling for severe punishment was the same even in the severe cold, when the temperature fell to -17 degrees below zero.
[임현택/대한소아청소년과의사회 회장 : 명백한 살인입니다. 이거는 조금의 의심 여지조차도 없고요.]
In today’s trial, three witness newspapers were held, including the director of the daycare center, teachers, and social workers where Jung In-i attended.
Yang’s mother, Jang, did not send Jeong In to the day care center for a while after reporting the second abuse.
The head of the daycare center said that Jeong-in, who appeared after two months, was skinny and could not walk due to trembling legs.
Right after the third report from the pediatrician, Jeong In-i regained life for a while, but he said that the condition of Jeong In-i, who appeared only a few days before death, was serious.
Jeong-in, who couldn’t walk or eat, seemed to give up everything, and the director sobbed that only the stomach was convex.
The Witnesses also talked about the irresponsible parenting attitude of their parents.
Despite the request to take the child to the hospital, both fathers consistently answered with no sincerity, and asked the mother to ask about the reason for the absence.
Yang’s mother, Jang, said he was angry at Jung In-i, who doesn’t eat, and said, “No matter how pitiful you try, it doesn’t happen,” the social worker testified.
The day before he died, the daycare teacher told me that he was not courageous because he did not take him to the hospital and encouraged his father to visit the hospital.
At the time of the third report, I remembered that both mothers complained about taking me to the hospital without telling my parents.
The next trial is scheduled to take place on the 3rd of next month, with major issues remaining, such as whether both mothers were willing to murder Jeong In-i.
(Video coverage: Jongsoo Hong, Video editing: Seunghee Lee)