High correlation with death due to repeated and persistent complaints
Multiple phone calls, protest visits, personal insults, and verbal abuse,
Busan Metropolitan City Education Office building. Photo provided by Busan City Education Office,
, ‘[Seoul Economy]’,
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, ‘The Busan Metropolitan City Education Office announced on the 4th that it has reported the principal of School A, who repeatedly and persistently filed malicious complaints related to the indefinite appointment of the principal, to the police for abuse of authority and obstruction of official duties.’,
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, ‘The Education Office explained that this measure was taken to uncover the truth behind the death of scholar B, which seemed to be a drastic choice on the 28th of last month.’,
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, ‘Following the investigation carried out until the 3rd of this month, it was decided that there was a causal relationship and relevance between the death of scholar B and the malicious complaints made by Principal A of School A regarding the non-designation of the principal.’,
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, ‘The investigation revealed that although the Education Office’s non-appointment of the principal of School A followed the related laws and proper procedures without any flaws, Principal A repeatedly and persistently raised complaints regarding the non-designation of the principal.’,
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, ‘After the decision on the non-appointment of the principal of the school, scholar B faced a total of 33 complaints from the public complaint center over a period of about a month, and Principal A sent several official letters demanding answers regarding the process and withdrawal of the non-appointment of the principal.’,
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, ‘It was confirmed that Principal A made a total of six phone calls (from May 22 to June 17) to the Education Office, demanding protests and explanations, and visited the office four times, protesting with a high-pressure attitude including verbal abuse and physical attacks, causing humiliation to the staff.’,
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, ‘The Education Office concluded that there was a high correlation between the death of scholar B and the complaints, considering that scholar B complained to colleagues about suffering from insomnia due to the related complaints, the similarity of the complaints made to the public complaint center, and the demand for answers by several people.’,
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, ‘The school was also found to have procedural suspicions, such as conducting two votes through text messages and home communication letters during the process of collecting parents’ opinions for applying for the principal nomination.’,
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, ‘The Education Office explained that based on this, it is necessary to verify the facts and substance of whether scholar B received related complaints in the private sphere, whether there was any specific instruction and instigation in the process of filing complaints with the public complaint center, and the appropriateness of the parents’ voting process, and therefore reported it to the police.’,
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, ‘The Education Office is also taking steps to prevent the recurrence of such unfortunate incidents.’,
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, ‘They plan to establish concrete and practical measures such as forming a ‘Preventive Response Task Force for Malicious Complaints’ with 13 experts including lawyers and union representatives, to protect employees from the early stages in the event of malicious complaints.’,
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, ‘Superintendent Ha Yoon-soo stated, “It is heartbreaking to see such an incident that should never happen” and said, “We will establish clear measures against malicious complaints to prevent such unfortunate incidents from happening again.”‘,
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, ‘Scholar B was found dead in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province on the 28th of last month. The police believe that scholar B took his own life.’,
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, ‘※If you have difficulty talking about feelings of depression or if you know family members or friends who are experiencing such difficulties, you can receive counseling from experts 24 hours a day by calling the suicide prevention hotline 109.’,
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