Why did the victims of harassment rush to the’portal anonymous bulletin board’

Sisters Lee Jae-young and Da-young of Heungkuk Life’s professional volleyball team, and OK Financial Group Song Myung-geun and Shim Gyeong-seop, left the court after a controversy over’Happy’ (school violence) arose. The initiation was the exposure of the victims, but the passage through which they disclosed the damage was not the reporting center of the government agency. Internet community, among them, was’Nate Pan’.

‘Natepan’ is an internet community operated by the portal Nate since 2006. Anyone can post various articles such as concerns or social problems anonymously. You can comment on it, show empathy, and conduct related discussions. In recent years, this place has emerged as a’chapter exposure’.

There is a Sports Ethics Center under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as an organization responsible for protecting human rights in sports and eradicating corruption. It was launched in August last year on the occasion of the death of the late Choi Sook-hyun triathlon. Reports were also filed here. According to a center official on the 18th, the number of reports and consultations received from September to December last year was 338. The most common field was violence, and many reporters and counselors were related to family and sports.

After receiving a report, the Center conducts an investigation and takes measures such as: ▶A disciplinary request ▶Investigation agency accusation ▶Remedy measures for victims ▶Environmental improvement recommendations, etc. 25 cases have been handled so far. Among them, three cases have even been made disciplinary action. The problem is that the process of going through the deliberation committee after reporting is slow.

One Olympic ball game athlete A said, “Recently, I reported a case of corruption to the Sports Ethics Center. But it is frustrating not knowing when the results will come out.” Heon-il Kim, a professor at the Department of Physical Education at Cheongju University, said, “The victim will have an urgent need to escape right away, but they must continue to take steps after reporting. I don’t know how long it will take. “I don’t know if the cooperation system with other related organizations works well.”

As the situation was like this, the victim was driven to’Nate Pan’ instead of the government agency as a window for disclosure. In particular, as social attention is concentrated, the ripple effect of the disclosure is truly explosive. In addition, it employs an anonymous bulletin board so you don’t have to worry about revealing your identity.

Park Seon-woong, a professor at Korea University’s Department of Psychology, said, “Even if the problem is repeated, it is only’cutting the tail’, and the trust of the sports world has disappeared. From the point of view of the victim who is posting, you will want as many people to know as possible. He also analyzed that he is concerned about retaliation and chooses to expose himself in the form of blinds to protect himself.”

The sports ethics center budget is 5,312 million won per year, and the number of employees is 27 including the chairman. There are 3 team leaders and 7 investigators, and 11 non-regular professional investigators who are paid per case. Although the work is heavy, in December of last year, the center’s chairman Sook-jin Lee and the labor union had a conflict.

Sports philosopher Kim Jeong-hyo, an adjunct professor at Seoul National University, said, “When an event breaks out, we create an’organization’ first, but we do not look at the structural system problem. In fact, the’Sports Ethics Education Center’ should have been created before the’Sports Ethics Center’,” he said. “Like the Corona 19 Temporary Screening Center, it seems that the victim only waits for a report after the incident. A preemptive response is necessary.” did.

On the 16th, the article on Nate Pan, which raised the suspicion of actor Cho Byeong-gyu’s “halk,” was found to be unfounded. A false accusation leaned on anonymity can make a victim afflicted. Professor Kim Jeong-ho said, “Of course, false accusations must be taken through objective investigation. Even so, we must first approach the case centered on the victims.”

The Sports Ethics Center said, “It is difficult to achieve results after 7 months of launching the center. There are aspects that have not been promoted yet,” he said. “The main phone number to report is 1670-2876, so please use it.”

Reporter Park Lin [email protected]