Officials of Jeonnam Boxing Association Accused of Emotional Abuse During Interviews with Bullying Victims

Officials from the Jeonnam Boxing Association are under investigation for allegedly committing emotional abuse during interviews with students who were victims of school bullying.

According to Yonhap News, a complaint was filed on November 4 with the Hwasun Police Station against two officials from the Jeonnam Boxing Association and one school official for violating child welfare laws.

The complainant claims that on September 15, the association officials summoned students from a high school in Hwasun who had been victims of bullying in the boxing club to a separate location without notifying their guardians. During these interviews, they allegedly recorded the students' statements.

The complaint also alleges that the officials emotionally abused the students by questioning them about the validity of their accounts of the abuse and pressing them on why they could remember specific details from that date.

Prior to this, reports had emerged that senior students in the boxing club had been physically assaulting younger students and forcing them to do push-ups since May.

The School Violence Countermeasures Committee imposed transfers and attendance suspensions on two students identified as perpetrators in July and prohibited any contact, intimidation, or retaliation against the victims.

Following this, the father of one of the perpetrating students, who is also a director of the Jeonnam Boxing Association, submitted a complaint to the association claiming that the victims' statements were false. It is understood that the association officials interviewed the victims based on this complaint.

An official from the Jeonnam Boxing Association stated, "It is true that we interviewed the students after receiving the complaint from the father of the perpetrator, but it was intended to verify the facts. We believe the victims' accounts are credible, and we are considering disciplinary action against the father of the perpetrator at the association level."

* This article has been translated by AI.