‘School Violence’ Song Myung-geun and Shim Gyeong-seop are also disqualified from national representative

‘School Violence’ Song Myung-geun and Shim Gyeong-seop are also disqualified from national representative

Harassment to juniors in middle and high school
Controversy over twin sisters’Parent Gap’
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’Integrated Management of Disciplinary History
Enforcement of the Sports Human Rights’Choi Sook-Hyun Act’

Reporter Daesik Jeon [email protected] ｜ 2021-02-16 16:53:24

Song Myung-geun and Shim Gyeong-seop (OK Financial Group), who have been named as perpetrators of school violence while the twin sisters of Lee Jae-young and Da-young (Heungkuk Life), who triggered the’Me Too in School Violence’, were suspended from participating in their team indefinitely and disqualified from the national team. Qualifications are also disqualified.

An official from the Korean Volleyball Association said through multiple media on the 16th, “Athletes who are found to be perpetrators of school violence will have’reasons for disqualification’ even when they acquire the leadership qualifications.” “He said.

In addition, the Volleyball Association decided to deprive Song Myung-geun and Shim Gyeong-seop of national representatives indefinitely. Song Myung-geun and Shim Gyeong-seop, respectively, are accused of committing harsh acts by their juniors during their high school and middle school years. The two players told the club, “In the sense of self-sufficiency, they will not compete in the remaining games this season,” and the club accepted. The timing of the return of Song Myung-keun and Shim Gyeong-seop has not been decided yet.

On the Internet, there are suspicions of violence in school by four other players, including Lee Jae-young, who already admitted to the fault. The mother of the twin sisters is also accused of being criticized by the so-called’player’s parents’ as they were suspicious of attending the training of the sister’s Heungkuk Life Insurance Team. Following the sisters, the Volleyball Association canceled last year’s award of ‘great grandparents’ on the 15th as controversy over the sisters’ mothers spread.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that it would manage the disciplinary history of the school sports department in relation to the school violence incident in the professional volleyball world.

As the revised National Sports Promotion Act comes into effect on the 19th, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 16th that in relation to the case of violence in the school of professional sports athletes, “In consultation with the Ministry of Education and other relevant authorities, the disciplinary record of the school sports department will be integrated and managed and reflected in the future athlete activity process.” did. In accordance with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s regulations for the selection of national representatives of the Korean Sports Association, if there has been disciplinary action for human rights violations such as (sex) violence, the selection of national representatives will also be restricted.

The revised National Sports Promotion Act and its enforcement decrees and enforcement regulations will take effect from the 19th to strengthen the protection of human rights in sports. The National Sports Promotion Act contains the contents of improving the system that causes unfairness and human rights violations, strengthening the function of the sports ethics center, and improving the overall process to eradicate human rights violations and corruption in the sports field. In July of last year, when Choi Sook-hyun of the 3rd class iron man made an extreme choice due to the harsh behavior of a leader and a colleague, the second revised to strengthen the protection of human rights in sports was called the’Choi Sook-Hyun Act’.

Reporter Daesik Jeon [email protected]