We found middle school students in Uijeongbu who quarreled and assaulted the elderly on the subway and light railroad.
However, it is said that they cannot be criminally punished.
On the 22nd, the Gyeonggi Uijeongbu Police Department, investigating the case, called the middle school 1 A (13) and B (13) soldiers attending a middle school in Uijeongbu, which were identified as the perpetrators in the video, to investigate the charges of assault. It was found that the two are currently enrolled in different middle schools and are about to be promoted to middle school.
However, the police are planning to send them to the juvenile department of the court without filing a criminal case as all of them are 13 years old and are “legal boys”.
Chokbeop boy refers to a criminal minor who commits an offense punishable by being over the age of 10 to under 14. A juvenile boy commits a criminal offense, but is not subject to criminal penalties because he does not have criminal responsibility. Instead, they receive protection measures such as consignment of protection, social service, and repatriation to juveniles.
A police official said, “(A) 13-year-old is a juvenile boy, so criminal punishment is not possible and protection disposition is possible. First, middle school students who are committed are scheduled to be sent to the juvenile department and can receive protection disposition according to the judgment of the court.”
On the 22nd, a video of middle school students arguing against the elderly, profaning and assaulting the elderly in subways and light railroads spread on the 22nd under the title of “Iljin, born in 2007,” in Uijeongbu. Since then, reports of the middle school students in question followed, and their names and personal information such as school were disclosed.
It is reported that the guardian of one of the middle school students on the day reported to the school police officer, saying, “The student in the video is the son.”
The child of an elderly woman in her 70s who was assaulted has also reported the video after watching the video. The police also called an elderly woman and finished investigating the victim. An elderly woman revealed her intention to punish middle school students in a police investigation.
The video in question was filmed by middle school students, and it is reported that the filming date is a few days ago.