Police discontinue investigation into South Korean elementary school teacher's suicide...denies power harassment by parents

Police have concluded the investigation into the case of Mr. A (24), a 24-year-old elementary school teacher in Seocho-gu, Seoul, who committed suicide in July of this year, after determining that power harassment from a parent was not the cause. Mr. A is 1
She was a teacher in charge of the first grade, and it was said that complaints and abusive language from her parents were the motive for her suicide, but police were unable to confirm such facts.
At a press conference on the morning of the 14th, Chief Son Won-young of Seoul's Seocho Police Station said, ``The deceased was a fellow teacher.
"From the materials we have collected so far, including surveys of the suspect's family, friends, and guardians, we have not found anything that would suggest any suspicion of a crime."
In addition, ``by combining the contents of the police investigation and the results of the psychological autopsy conducted by the National Institute of Forensic Science,
According to the report, the deceased had been under stress related to school since he was assigned to an elementary school in Seocho-gu last year.``Under such circumstances, since this year, he has been unable to provide guidance to the children in his class and to parents and guardians.'' school business
It is presumed that the deceased took his own life due to a combination of various issues, including personal circumstances." Furthermore, ``In order to clarify the reason and background why the deceased took his life,
We analyzed the deceased's call history, business apps, hospital treatment history, etc., and investigated a wide range of family members, friends, parents, etc.''
We conducted a thorough investigation to determine if there had been any harassment, assault, or coercion, but we were unable to find any such facts."
The police said that especially after the ``pencil incident,'' parents and guardians had repeatedly contacted Mr. A's cell phone.
An investigation was also conducted into allegations that the child had been harassed, such as by harassing the child, but there were no abusive comments or other acts of harassment by the parent. The pencil incident occurred on July 12, six days before Mr. A's death.
There was an incident in Mr. A's class where one student scratched another student's forehead with a pencil. On this day, police officials said, ``High talk (work messenger) and text messages between the deceased and their guardians
The contents of Ji's conversations, work computer, notebooks, diary, etc. were analyzed. Forensic information on cell phones submitted by parents, teachers and friends who were present during the mediation between parents (pencil incident), etc.
"We conducted a wide-ranging investigation, but no evidence of abusive language was found." Regarding the suspicion that the guardian continued to contact Mr. A's mobile phone, the police also confirmed that the guardian continued to contact Mr. A's mobile phone.
It was not possible to confirm that he had made the call. However, police said, ``It is possible that the guardian's call to the deceased from a landline telephone may have been mistaken as a call from the deceased on his cell phone.''
Mr. A had one mobile phone and used different phone numbers for business and personal use. As a result, Mr. A receives calls made by parents from the school phone that are forwarded to him personally.
Police said they mistakenly thought the call was from a phone number. Police were unable to perform forensics on the deceased's cell phone as they were unable to crack the iPhone password. Ta
However, the contents of the KakaoTalk conversation were confirmed through an iPad linked to Mr. A's mobile phone. After this incident occurred, the police team numbered 20 people, with the Seocho police chief as the team leader.
A team was formed to survey 68 people, including the deceased's family members, fellow teachers, friends, and guardians. It is also said that a ``Unnatural Death Incident Review Committee'' was held, with the participation of external members such as forensic scientists, doctors, and lawyers.
cormorant. Meanwhile, the police said, ``Apart from this incident, we plan to proceed with the investigation of the pencil accusation incident and a series of other cases, including defamation, according to normal investigation procedures, and ultimately conclude the investigation.''
. To date, police have confirmed 40 cases and identified 13 former members in connection with the case in which the parent of the pencil case sued an internet user for defamation.
Of these, the police transferred the cases to 10 people whose addresses are within the jurisdiction of other police stations, and their personal matters are being confirmed.
The agency plans to continue investigating the 25 cases that have not yet been investigated. ■Main consultation services for problems introduced on the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare website to prevent suicide
●Mental health consultation unified dial: 0570-064-556
●Yorisoi hotline: 0120-279-338, from Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures: 0120-279-226
●Life Phone: 0570-783-556