| Representative Hwang Bo Seung-hee (left) and Kim Byeong-wook, co-representative of Youth Power/News1 © News1 Reporter Shin Woong-soo |
Rep. Kim Byung-wook and Hwang Bo Seung-hee, who co-represented the People’s Power Youth Party,’Youth Power’, mentioned 16-month-old Jung In-yang, who died of child abuse after 271 days after being adopted by foster parents. “The police officer who is overburdened has to take full responsibility and punish the people involved, and the head of the police will have to resign.”
Rep. Kim Byeong-wook held a press conference at the Yeouido National Assembly Communication Hall on the afternoon of this afternoon, saying, “The state must save, and no one is responsible for the life that can be saved.”
“A daycare center, a pediatrician, and an acquaintance of the adoptive parents reported suspected child abuse on Jung In three times,” said Rep. Kim, who was also crying with a trembling voice during the interview. Still, the Yangcheon Police Station officials disposed of their adoptive parents without charge every time. “In the end, the sky gave him three chances to save Jung In-i, but it wasn’t that Jung In-i eventually went to the sky because of the police’s passive response or job abandonment,” he said.
He said, “But the police haven’t apologized until now,” he said. “The Ministry of Health and Welfare is the same as the assistant worker who sent Jung In-i to the sky. Why aren’t we properly expanding the number of public officials dedicated to child abuse?”
Rep. Kim said, “The police and the Ministry of Health and Welfare must apologize to the public and to the soul of Jung In who went to heaven even though it was able to save Jung In.” “The Ministry of Health and Welfare should no longer neglect the child abuse case as someone else’s, and the government “We should have an administrative system in which the local government and the municipality take charge of child abuse directly.”
Rep. Kim added, “There were many Jung In-i before Jung In-i. However, the second and third Jung In-i continue to appear due to the indifference of our adults and the state’s irresponsibility.”
Rep. Hwang Bo Seung-hee met with reporters after the interview, saying, “We initiated the Fourth Act on the Prevention of Child Abuse last week,” and emphasized, “It is most important to prevent this from happening again systematically.”
Meanwhile, SBS’I want to know that’, which aired on the previous day (2nd), dealt with the story of Jung In Yang, who died after being abused by her adoptive parents.
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| The previous day (2nd) after the story of Jung In-yang, who died of child abuse, was aired on SBS’I want to know that’, the’I’m sorry Jung’ challenge is spreading online. From the top left, clockwise, Kim Wonhyo’s Instagram, Bae Jihyun’s Instagram, Kim Junhee’s Instagram, Han Chaeah’s Instagram © News1 |
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