Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education to investigate Yoon Son Ha's Son's Bullying Incident

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The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) said Wednesday it will begin an investigation into a bullying incident at Soongeui Elementary School which took place in April. Education authorities will look into suspicions that the prestigious private school omitted the names of students involved in the bullying based on their family background.

"Because it is difficult to determine whether the school intentionally attempted to downplay or cover up the incident based only on the claims of the victim and the files provided by the school, an additional investigation is necessary," an official said.

Earlier this week, officials found the school did not adequately deal with the incident, belatedly reporting the case to authorities. The school also did not provide protective measures for the victim, despite him being absent from school since April 27.

The bullying occurred at a school camp at Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, on April 20. Four third-grade students allegedly beat a peer with a plastic baseball bat who was covered in a blanket and made him drink body wash.

The homeroom teacher was aware the bullying took place that day.

The victim's parents filed a complaint to the school bullying report center, April 24. However, the school only reported it to the SOME, May 12.

The first report said there were three assailants, but the victim's parents claimed May 30 there were four, and a committee meeting June 1 deferred on measures to be taken against the students.

The committee held a second meeting June 12 and determined that the incident could not be considered a case of bullying, and decided not to take any measures against the students.

Local broadcaster SBS reported on June 16 that the victim was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a skeletal-muscular breakdown, as well as post traumatic stress disorder. However, the report said the bullies were let off due to their family backgrounds. One student is the son of actress Yoon Son-ha, and another the grandson of Park Sam-ku, chairman of Kumho Asiana Group.

Source: Korea Times

why on earth would the school wait 2 WHOLE WEEKS to report to the SMOE? not only that, but the homeroom teacher knew about the assault, but not said anything. ugh, it disgusts me how people born with money can do to others. and that poor victim .. dealing with a body breakdown & PTSD at the age of 10 is traumatizing, & heartbreaking, it truly is.

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[bauci.livejournal.com]

What even I feel ill reading about it

and determined that the incident could not be considered a case of bullying

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Pray tell, what did they consider it to be?

[pearlychoco.livejournal.com]

they're basically saying that this bullying (cough more like assault) was just "merely horseplay between children" LIKE NO 8,9,10 YEAR OLD WOULD COVER A CHILD WITH A THIN BLANKET, BEAT HIM WITH A PLASTIC BASEBALL BAT AND WOODEN STICKS, AND MAKE HIM DRINK USE BODY WASH OUT OF A BANANA MILK CUP! this is so wrong, like what kind of children think this is okay?? why isn't there any sort of punishment despite the children being hella rich?

i'm honestly wondering if it's a good idea if kbs cuts some of sonha's scene in Greatest One-Shot :\

sorry for my rant, i'm just pissed

[audiograms.livejournal.com]

Children are cruel but this is beyond the pale

[boxcuttergirl.livejournal.com]

its sadistic tbh

[jinkiestabi.livejournal.com]

I'm on the verge of tears right now, that poor thing. He is a baby dealing with body break down and PTSD...... Those fucking kids better be psychologically evaluated because that kind of violent behavior at such a young age should not be normal. Kids can be shitty, but inflicting such a level of torment on another kid? That needs to be nipped in the bud ASAP.

I really thought these kinds of things only happened in dramas, but teachers and school administrations seriously don't do a thing nor lift a finger about bullying because of who the parents are. A child has to be physically and mentally scarred for something to be done. It's disgusting.

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

This is absolutely heartbreaking, poor kid... I hope he gets all the help he needs to overcome this.
I also hope that SMOE will do a better job than the school. How can something causing a skeletal-muscular breakdown and PTSD can be dismissed as "not bullying" ?????????????????????????? and what could have happened to this kid before this :(

And then you have successful dramas showing this kind of bullying done by really rich kids but they can't be bad because they're falling for the victim right??111??

[miyozari.livejournal.com]

rich people and their kids can get away with everything. i'm disappointed but not surprised.

kbs execs, time to make your call and cut yoon son ha from your drama. they really expect that viewers want to watch her act like a doting mother, when she seems to be an awful mother irl.

[nana-the-dwarf.livejournal.com]

Holy shit, that poor kid.

I understand why parents want to protect their children, but damnit, covering incidents like these and claiming they are anything but innocent little angels capable of this sort of violence is astounding to say the least. No one wants to learn about their kid being a bully, and a decidedly violent and cruel one, but how will denying it will help him/her in the long run? They're not even teenagers, so what will happen when they are a full blown adults?

This will keep happening unless the proper measures are taken.

Fuck that school tbh, if they tried to cover for this, who know what else they've tried to hide as well? I'm glad some other authorities are taking it seriously though, and hope those little brutes recieve proper punishment, and that the kid gets the help he needs to recover.

[catnipss88.livejournal.com]

this is ugly, i hate bullies sfm

but, how did he get rhabdomyolisis? its a serious condition

[pearlychoco.livejournal.com]

my only assumption is that the boy was covered in a thin blanket while the boys were abusing him with plastic covered baseball bats, and wooden sticks. i wonder what was the amount of leakage that went into the urine of the boy's myoglobin (muscle protein), how long was the boy lying down for when it was all happening and after the assault. either way, now that it's confirmed that he has PTSD, he'll (possibly) be dealing with kidney failure for the rest of his life :(

[msgrottesca.livejournal.com]

He has rich parents so he'll probably get away with it. Honestly, this type of behavior doesn't usually come from nowhere so it makes me wonder what the home environment is like - this is especially violent behavior for a kid that age.

[jackieee94.livejournal.com]

Jfc I can't believe the school waited two weeks to report the incident. SMOE needs to come down hard on the parents and the school. I looked up what rhabdomyolysis is and I feel so bad for the child. Those kids are absolutely cruel to be able to inflict this much pain to another child. I hope the poor baby can get the proper treatment.

[morningtsuji.livejournal.com]

I just hate how they report these stories. Call it physical assault, hell even attempted murder. "Bullying" just downplays how serious it was (even though it was very much bullying).