Elementary school teacher in his 50s commits suicide after accusations and threats from parents = South Korea

It was later revealed that an elementary school teacher in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, took her own life after suffering complaints from parents.
On the 3rd, the Kookmin Ilbo reported that a certain Choi, a teacher in his 50s, committed suicide on the roof of the apartment where he lived on March 16, 2020.
According to this report, in October 2019, five months before he took his own life, Mr. Choi was taken into custody due to an issue that occurred between a student and an external instructor in the sixth grade class where he was the homeroom teacher.
suffered from complaints from people. There was an incident in which an outside lecturer for a drama class grabbed Student A by the waist and dragged him out of the classroom when Student A did not take a seat. This external lecturer was accused of child abuse.
The parents of Mr. A, who filed the lawsuit, reportedly threatened to hold Mr. Choi, who was not present at the time, responsible as well. After that, he was transferred to another elementary school in the Yongin area the following year and served as a 4th grade classroom teacher.
Choi committed suicide shortly after being diagnosed with depression and taking sick leave. Before his death, Mr. Choi informed the subject teacher of his intention that he would no longer be able to take over as homeroom teacher.
It is known that the school assigned a homeroom teacher because there were teachers who needed priority consideration, such as pregnant women. The Yongin City Seobu Police Station in Gyeonggi Province, which was in charge of the investigation, concluded that there was no suspicion of murder.
has been concluded. A police official said, ``Among Choi's personal notebooks discovered in his home, there were notes in which he expressed the hardships of his life as a teacher even before October, when the child abuse incident involving a drama teacher occurred.
"It was," he said.