"Teen Exposing Peer Crime Faces Retaliatory Assault by Perpetrator and Parents"

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A story has emerged about a teenage victim who was retaliated against with assault by the perpetrator and his parents after exposing the crimes of a peer group on a broadcast. Mr. A, a teacher at an alternative school in Pohang, Gyeongbuk, reported to JTBC's 'Incident Manager' on the 21st that "B, a first-year high school student and the victim, was recently threatened and assaulted by one member of the group he used to hang out with."

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Previously, B was known to have been interviewed on a broadcast revealing that some members of his peer group forced a teenage female student into prostitution and extorted money by threatening the male clients. He also confessed that he himself was once involved with the problematic group and was forced to commit wrongful acts.

According to the report at the time, the group that committed the crimes deceived a peer female student into prostitution and forced her to continue for over two weeks. They arranged prostitution appointments through a chat app and appeared at the scene. Then, they reportedly used the method of threatening to report the underage prostitution to the authorities to extort millions of won from the male clients.

However, after this interview, rumors spread that B’s statements were false. B tried to meet the ringleader who spread the rumors, but instead, the parents of C, the leader of the perpetrator group, appeared. It is said that C and his parents then joined forces to assault B. B told 'Incident Manager', "After the interview aired, C’s mother told me, 'Are you going to keep crawling like that? Be careful when you go outside.' She asked me to come out for a moment, and when I did, C’s mother pushed me and C’s father hit my face."

He added, "I tried to back away and run, but C’s family subdued me, laid me down, and stepped on me." He also revealed, "During the process of trying to stop C’s father’s assault, I accidentally bumped into him, and C’s side is now using that as an excuse to claim mutual assault to the police." B, who was assaulted, received a two-week medical diagnosis and is currently suffering from aftereffects such as a concussion.