Police Investigate Seoicho Elementary Parents Over 'Pencil Incident' Power Abuse Allegations

The police investigated a parent who was suspected of abuse of power in connection with the case of teacher A, who made an extreme choice at Seo-i Elementary School in Seocho-gu, Seoul.

On the 24th, students at Seoi Elementary School in Seocho-gu, Seoul, are paying tribute to the late teacher Mr. A. [Image source=Yonhap News]

According to the police on the 24th, the Seocho Police Station in Seoul conducted an investigation into the parent of the student who caused the so-called 'pencil incident.' The pencil incident is considered one of the causes of teacher A's extreme choice.

The 'pencil incident' refers to an event in which a female student in the class taught by teacher A playfully stabbed the bag of a male student sitting in front with a pencil, and during the attempt to stop this, the male student's forehead was scratched by the pencil. The Seoul Teachers' Union revealed on the 21st that "Teacher A said that when going to work, they hear a hallucination of a student saying, 'It's the teacher's fault' regarding the pencil incident," and that "a parent came to teacher A and said, 'You are not qualified to be a teacher,'" based on reports from fellow teachers.

The police have requested the list and contact information of teacher A's colleagues and the parents. It is also known that discussions have begun regarding cases where individual teachers and parents oppose the disclosure of their information.