Controversy has arisen over a 'school violence' issue at the Central Police Academy, following the resignation of lawyer Jeong Soon-shin, who was appointed as the new head of the National Investigation Headquarters but stepped down amid a school violence controversy involving his son.
On the 6th, Yonhap News reported that an online community where police officers and trainees of the Central Police Academy gather posted a message titled "It’s very hard to go on leave from the Central Police Academy."
The Central Police Academy is an affiliated institution of the National Police Agency responsible for the training of those appointed as police officers.
The author, identified as A, claimed, "Older people would catch one person and then ostracize them in a classroom where the entire class could hear, ignoring them. Younger people sprayed liquid, whether water or beverage, on the necks of those wearing uniforms in the classroom where the professor was lecturing, without any reason, soaking their clothes."
He continued, "I have a personality that can’t even get very angry, so I just endure it. My mother asked me if I was doing well at the Central Police Academy, and I just shed tears on the spot. I want to re-enter as the 313th class, change dormitories, or even change my personality," expressing his suffering from bullying.
In response, a netizen requested in the comments, "Please verify that you are a Central Police Academy trainee," and when asked about the school schedule, A mentioned the progress of the schedule and referred to the supervising professor.
Although the post has been deleted from the community, it has already spread online, intensifying the controversy.
On the same day, another post titled "I am also a Central Police Academy trainee in a similar situation" was uploaded to the same online community. It was another victim’s account of being bullied by classmates. Netizens criticized the group bullying, saying, "I can’t understand that people who are going to become police officers behave like that. What are the perpetrators and bystanders doing?"
The school has also begun investigating the facts. It is known that the school confirmed the author is indeed a 312th class trainee currently undergoing training at the Central Police Academy. This week, the school plans to summon the trainees accused of bullying to investigate whether A’s claims are true.
If the group bullying is confirmed, the perpetrators are reportedly subject to the maximum penalty of expulsion.
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