On the 18th, the Sports Ethics Center started an investigation into the ‘school violence incident between classmates in the high school baseball club involving the son of the current professional baseball leader’, which was reported exclusively by KBS on the 18th.
The Center for Sports Ethics is an independent organization that investigates human rights violations and corruption in the sports world by integrating the reporting functions of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Sports Council in the wake of the 2019 short track sexual assault case.
The Center for Sports Ethics told KBS today, “After reports came out about the abuse of a baseball club at a high school in Seoul, the case was received, a person in charge was assigned, and an investigation began.” It is explained that it is a clear violation of the law that officials such as the baseball team manager of the school did not report to the center in the situation where the school itself was investigated.
According to the National Sports Promotion Act, “Persons prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, such as sports instructors, athletes, athlete management personnel, and mayors, county heads, and district heads, are aware of human rights violations and sports corruption in the sports world, or if they are suspected of such violations, the Sports Ethics Center or an investigative agency. (Article 18-4).
The fact that the perpetrators of school violence had already apologized to the victims was newly confirmed as a result of the KBS coverage. One of the perpetrators said at dawn on the 26th of last month, the day after the school’s self-investigation, “I regret that I did things I shouldn’t have done and cursed at you since June of last year. I even cursed at your parents and younger brother. I sent a text message to the victim, saying, ‘I apologize, even though it was something a person couldn’t do.
On the morning of the same day, the son of the incumbent professional baseball manager also sent a text message saying, “I’m sincerely sorry. If we play baseball together again, I will make sure this doesn’t happen.’ He apologized to the victim.
The case, which was revealed as a report by the homeroom teacher of the victim student, has already completed its own investigation by the school. The day after tomorrow (24th), it is scheduled to be handed over to the School Violence Deliberation Committee of the Office of Education after discussing the organization in charge of school violence.
Meanwhile,안전놀이터 the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education also entered a special audit of the school’s baseball team today. It is known that they are investigating issues related to school violence and the baseball manager’s preferential treatment for the son of a professional baseball team leader.