Ex-teacher accuses 'Dogani' school of murdering students

[loverboy.livejournal.com]

A former teacher at a special school for the deaf, which has been criticized over a sexual assault and rape scandal, claimed two students there were abused to death and buried secretly about 50 years ago.

The former teacher, Kim Yeong-il, 71, said Monday the two incidents took place at Gwangju Inhwa School in 1964.


The revelation comes amid public anger against repeated rapes and sexual harassment by school staffers on students after the film “Dogani,” titled “The Crucible” in English, based on the true story, was released recently.

“In October 1964 when I worked at the school, then vice principal starved an about seven-year-old orphan boy, who was raised at the school, for a long time and beat him to death,” Kim claimed in a media briefing.

He claimed that after the boy died, the vice principal, another teacher and he wrapped him up in a straw bag and buried him on a mountain about 7 kilometers from the school.

Before the boy died, the vice principal confined him in a room for a long time and barely fed him, Kim said.

“About six months later, another girl, about six years old, also died. The starved girl even ate wallpaper. An old lady taking care of the girl threw her off a building, so she died,” Kim claimed.

Kim said he reported this to police but police ignored him saying they didn’t find any dead bodies. “After my reporting, the vice principal and principal, who were brothers, confined me at the school for five days and beat me. I left the school in 1968.”

Other alumni of the school also testified human rights infringements happened at the school. Some claimed that the son of the school’s chief of board of directors forced two female students to undress and drew nude paintings of them in 1975, adding the offender is currently teaching art at a school in the city.

source: Korea Times

Comments

[yunho.livejournal.com]

holy shit

[shikinluv.livejournal.com]

Dear God.

[cocobaby347.livejournal.com]

What the fuck, if several people are testifying that this school is violating human rights, why hasn't there been an investigation yet?

[loverboy.livejournal.com]

The school itself is finally closing down, iirc, and thanks to the movie a lot of the teachers are being investigated. But it's disgusting at how so many of them got away with the shit they did.

[bebita19.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. This is truly disgusting and angering.

[royalantares.livejournal.com]

The stories from this school are horrific.

[pancakeonmyhead.livejournal.com]

I cannot understand why people just ignore this shit.
It might be bullshit, but it also might be real.
Just because it sounds a bit unusual, doesn't mean that shit didn't happen.
People abuse their power.

[threebits.livejournal.com]

I'll never understand how people can be such savages sometimes :( those poor students oh man

[macabrer.livejournal.com]

crazy that it's only revealed 50 years later.. how do those people fucking sleep at night?

[xiahrisma.livejournal.com]

mte.. :/

[ababobaby.livejournal.com]

and it fucking hurts to know that this is happening around the world at this very moment

[xaoiholic.livejournal.com]

I feel sick to my stomach thinking about it..

[yolleh.livejournal.com]

Omg, people do the most unimaginable things.
How do you even get to that point?
The worst part is that I can imagine that things like that have been going on in that school all this time too.

[youlittle.livejournal.com]

that's really sad. i hope they'll be able to recover the missing bodies someday or at least put whoever was responsible for their deaths behind bars.

[aeries-amethyst.livejournal.com]

With the way Korea views people with disabilities, as well those with mental issues and homosexuals...I'm not even surprised at this kind of cruelty. Disgusted? Yes, very much so. Sad that these cases don't just happen in Korea either, it happens all over the world.

But why is all of this being revealed 50 years later? On the other hand, better late than never I suppose. Justice needs to be served.

[omen1x2.livejournal.com]

mte

[ssehun.livejournal.com]

I want to watch The Crucible but I feel I won't be able to handle what's in the movie ;; And reading this just compounded that feeling, haha. Poor students D:

[snoorella.livejournal.com]

omg ikr. i saw the trailer and got so squeemish just watching it but it's so interesting and it exposes a lot about current situations like this, that you kind of really want to watch it. the trailer looks fantastic though and judging by how much is surfacing by the release of the movie, i'm pretty sure it's a big hit.

but those students :((

[episkia.livejournal.com]

what. the. fuck.

[talklikeazombie.livejournal.com]

What a nightmare :'(

[oncloud999.livejournal.com]

that's disgusting. I'm not so much shocked but seriously appalled that this was allowed to happen for so long. i'm glad something is happening, even if it did take too long.

[meltrules.livejournal.com]

wtf.

[sarrazle.livejournal.com]

Damn. This is so sick

[edoke.livejournal.com]

So disgusting. Especially since it is at a school. Why did these people even become teachers.

[needsm0retime.livejournal.com]

idk if i can stomach watching the movie with so much of it coming from real life

the offender is currently teaching art at a school in the city

fucking disgusted rn

[orenji13.livejournal.com]

shit...

this is disgusting..

[katzsong.livejournal.com]

Some claimed that the son of the school’s chief of board of directors forced two female students to undress and drew nude paintings of them in 1975, adding the offender is currently teaching art at a school in the city.

WTH?! Oh this is just sick. I can't even...I just can't :(

[itangeisha.livejournal.com]

wth that's completely crazy... they lived peacefully and some still teach dear god

[twinkystar16.livejournal.com]

what is this and why nobody are taking any actions?

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

Daaaaamn. There was a similair scandal like this in my country not too long ago, sick stuff.