S. Korean game addict accused of killing baby

[unreal.livejournal.com]

A South Korean woman has been detained for killing her baby who was born while she was playing online games, police said Thursday.

They said the 26-year-old gave birth while at an Internet cafe in Seoul on March 25. She allegedly put the infant in a plastic bag, sealed it and dumped it in a nearby parking lot.

The woman had visited Internet cafes almost daily, police said.

"She was playing games until right before she gave birth in the cafe's bathroom," a police spokesman in the city's Songpa district told AFP.

"She didn't even know her waters had broken."

Police said the woman was being held in a state nursing facility and would face trial for infanticide.

There have been other reports of deaths related to Internet game addiction in South Korea, one of the world's most wired societies.

In 2010 a mother killed her three-year-old son while she was tired from Internet game-playing. Also in 2010, a 15-year-old boy committed suicide after killing his mother for scolding him over excessive playing of computer games.

A 41-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison in the same year after he and his wife left their baby daughter to die at home of malnutrition while they were in Internet cafes.

Official figures estimate there are two million Internet addicts.

The government has adopted a "Cinderella" law to ban youngsters from playing online games past midnight as concern grows about Internet addiction

Source: thesundaily

Comments

[sai12.livejournal.com]

Omg that is terrible. How do people do that? Like she went through all the pain and suffering of childbirth only to kill the infant right away? Does Korea not have safe places? Like hospitals or fire stations or police stations where a woman can drop off a baby with no questions asked? I mean, that still isn't desirable but at least the baby lives that way.

:(

Always hate these stories of people who get so addicted to games that they forget their real lives.

[breakinglocks.livejournal.com]

I'm sure Korea has such safe places but hospitals, fire & police stations HAVE to ask why they don't want the baby. The most anonymous way would be a baby flap and I guess a lot of hospitals have those, esp. in the area around Seoul

[waterpulse.livejournal.com]

What. What. What. What. What.

She allegedly put the infant in a plastic bag, sealed it and dumped it in a nearby parking lot.

WHAT.

[sonicphotonic.livejournal.com]

BRB, baby aggro

[sonicphotonic.livejournal.com]

You know you laughed, oppar.

[geniebsmart.livejournal.com]

..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

/literally speechless

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

Not even sure what to comment on...so much wrong...

[lilipute.livejournal.com]

these people need serious help




serious help

[eishastan.livejournal.com]

What? that's horrible, i hope they imprison her for life, she won't be able to play her beloved games ever again, double punishment.

[mikilove13.livejournal.com]

What in the world...

[cagallisakura.livejournal.com]

A 41-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison

like seriously, what is this fuckery.

[minecrafts.livejournal.com]

oh my god.

[shineebambi.livejournal.com]

I have no words just wow

[vonnadarling.livejournal.com]

The mom of a friend I had in middle school did something similar to this. She was at the Texas Motor Speedway with her family and gave birth in the bathroom and just dumped the baby in a dumpster. She had an affair and her husband had a vasectomy so she hid her pregnancy from everyone. She only got like 2 years in jail because they only found her guilty of gross negligence and not capital murder.

Stories like these just break my heart, the baby never even had a chance. It's really so tragic. I hope this lady gets the punishment she deserves.

[laceandskin.livejournal.com]

So she gave birth in an Internet cafe, a public place and NOBODY noticed? Fucking hell, get your shit together Korea.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

ikr? were they all looking at their devices too?

[deerlike.livejournal.com]

mte!

[lightspeedsquid.livejournal.com]

mte

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Hugging my cat rn :'(

[deerlike.livejournal.com]

WAT. I have so many questions, I don't even know where to begin. How on earth did no one notice the fact that this lady's water broke/she gave birth in the restroom?

[jasmineakaiumi.livejournal.com]

There usually aren't many girls at a lot of those cafes so the girl's restroom is ALWAYS open and it's just one stall so you get the whole thing to yourself.

[deerlike.livejournal.com]

I guess, but I mean, wouldn't someone have heard the newborn baby crying? Or noticed her walking out of the cafe with a naked, red baby in her arms?

[jasmineakaiumi.livejournal.com]

It's quite noisy in there and people would be really focused on their games.. I mean she must have done it some way or another considering she made it out to the parking lot with the poor thing.

[laceandskin.livejournal.com]

But she walked out with the baby in a bag. Even if the baby didn't cry, somehow nobody noticed her leaving the place with a squirming plastic bag in her hand.

[deerlike.livejournal.com]

tbh, I thought she only put the baby in the bag when she was out of the cafe. So, like, I figured she was actually holding the baby when she walked out of the bathroom/through the cafe, and the fact that no one noticed then just boggled my mind.

[laceandskin.livejournal.com]

Let's say that everyone was so busy with their games that they didn't notice her walking out. But what about the people outside?

Unless the cafe was in the middle of nowhere or the streets were deserted, I don't understand how not a single person noticed that there was something strange about her. Her pants and shoes were probably wet from her water breaking and she must have had at least some blood on her.

[deerlike.livejournal.com]

Exactly! This situation is so unreal, I can't even begin to fathom it. How did no one notice?

[jasmineakaiumi.livejournal.com]

mte, it's not entirely impossible since no one seemed to have notice for quite a while, but it's still awful :(

[chewmi.livejournal.com]

"A 41-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison in the same year after he and his wife left their baby daughter to die at home of malnutrition while they were in Internet cafes."

wtf only 2 yrs? D:

[bumie.livejournal.com]

they died because of online gaming ........................ ,this make me so angry

[lightspeedsquid.livejournal.com]

oh god shit like this just makes me sick to my stomach

[falling-empress.livejournal.com]

i always think they can't get anymore backwards...and then...stuff like this happens.

[swhyeon1991.livejournal.com]

....... what impresses me the most is how in this kind of cases the moms could ~handle~ a normal childbirth on her own & survive/act like nothing just happened. while there are still mothers who lose their life while giving birth :'(

[black-silver.livejournal.com]

this is what i was thinking, like "oh yeah i just popped one out nbd back to gaming~"

D:

[chibi-rei.livejournal.com]

My boy students always complain about the 'Cinderella' (aka shutdown) law. They are so annoyed by it, but when I see stuff like this... it's so sad.

[chibi-rei.livejournal.com]

I've been to a few PC rooms but I honestly can't see how not a single person noticed. Even if the people at the computers didn't look up (they're all really into their games most of the time) how did the person at the register not notice at all? The whole situation is so effed up.

[analyze.livejournal.com]

oh my god. wtf is wrong with people??

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

A 41-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison in the same year after he and his wife left their baby daughter to die at home of malnutrition while they were in Internet cafes.

2 years for essentially killing a human being? That's messed up. And his wife wasn't charged?

[baka-tenshi.livejournal.com]

they used the defense that they were addicted to gaming.

and like, yeah.

[baka-tenshi.livejournal.com]

A 41-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison in the same year after he and his wife left their baby daughter to die at home of malnutrition while they were in Internet cafes.

this still enrages me. especially since their lawyer used the defense "but we're addicted to gaming!" and then i'm reminded of the cho du-sun case. and then my week is ruined.

[streetliights.livejournal.com]

A 41-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison in the same year after he and his wife left their baby daughter to die at home of malnutrition while they were in Internet cafes.

They said the 26-year-old gave birth while at an Internet cafe in Seoul on March 25. She allegedly put the infant in a plastic bag, sealed it and dumped it in a nearby parking lot.

too much fuckery in this post for me to comprehend.

[sirhin.livejournal.com]

D: I approve of that Cinderella law but I don't know if I'd make it include adults of all ages - as in, no more 24-hour PC bangs - but stories like this seriously make me wonder. I mean, sure (and I mean if you MUST), you can be addictively playing a game while 9 months pregnant, but once that baby's out, at least make sure s/he's being cared for!!! T___T Have someone on call or something at the very least.

seriously, though. she must have not been that much of a gaming addict if she had enough time to create a baby in the first place

As someone who used those PC bangs and went through my own phase of gaming craze even on a weekday, I know just how addictive it can be, but she's seriously overdoing it.

[lesth.livejournal.com]

I saw the title on twitter and I planned to comment with a 'déjà vu' but this is a whole new level.

"she didnt even know her waters had broken." I love video games, fine, but now I truly wonder what gane would make one just so unaware of an upcoming delivery.

[burger.livejournal.com]

ia, I know lots of women don't realise they're pregnant until they're close to giving birth, but I don't know how you wouldn't realise a baby-sized thing was trying to get out of you :|

[k0dama.livejournal.com]

I was about to ask what game it was too, but I suppose it doesn't matter.
The fact of the matter is that the whole thing's pretty messed up :V

[angelynn-virus.livejournal.com]

She allegedly put the infant in a plastic bag, sealed it and dumped it in a nearby parking lot.

are you serious, like...ehh fucking serious now?
I give up to understand some people's meaning behind the word humanity at this point...(if there's any to begin with)

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

HOLY FLYING COW
What did I just read?

[k0dama.livejournal.com]

This is why I'm always careful when I play games..
I know this can happen if you really let go
o_O;;;

[itsprincess.livejournal.com]

omg I remember another situation like this when a couple let their actual baby die because they were too busy taking care of their virtual baby.

like. wat.