South Korea's Taekwondo instructor arrested and indicted for suffocating 5-year-old boy by placing him in a rolling mat

The head of a taekwondo dojo who abused a 5-year-old boy to death by placing him upside down inside a rolled up mat has been arrested and charged with child abuse and murder.
The Uijeongbu District Prosecutors' Office has arrested and indicted a male museum director in his 30s, A, on charges of child abuse and murder.
The incident was revealed on the 7th. On the 12th of last month, at around 7:20 pm, suspect A placed 5-year-old B upside down between mats that he had rolled up and set up at a taekwondo dojo in Yangju.
A was arrested on suspicion of leaving the child alone for more than 20 minutes. B was taken to the hospital in a state of cardiac arrest and was unable to regain consciousness. The police arrested A on suspicion of serious injury under the Special Act on the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes.
The suspect was sent to the prosecutor's office on the 19th of last month. As the investigation was ongoing, B died on the 23rd of last month. The National Forensic Service conducted an autopsy on the body and found that the cause of B's death was "brain damage due to suffocation."
" The first opinion was issued. After that, the prosecution took into consideration the fact that B had died and proceeded with the investigation, examining the legal theory regarding the charges to be applied to suspect A.
The prosecution found that Suspect A had the intent to kill on three main grounds and applied the charge of child abuse and murder to him.
After placing him upside down in the hole, Mr. B cried out "Let him out!" and the dojo instructors he worked with also suggested that he should be let out, but no action was taken.
In addition, although the director was able to check Mr. B's condition through the CCTV (security camera) screen installed in the director's office, he was left there for a long time without any action being taken.
In addition, suspect A is a licensed youth sports instructor and has studied child physical education, and was able to administer first aid, but in fact, B was unconscious.
Even after the victim was found, they did not perform CPR properly, but rather deleted the CCTV footage and tried to cover up the crime. In addition, the investigation agency analyzed the recovered CCTV footage and found that suspect A was the perpetrator.
The hospital also confirmed additional damages, such as hitting B before the hospital's departure, and included abuse in the indictment. B was in an intensive care unit and there was little chance of him recovering, so B's family negotiated with the hospital and decided to postpone the departure.
"After a thorough investigation into the possibility of indirect intent, we determined there was intent to kill and applied the charge of child abuse and murder," a prosecutor said.
The investigation into the complaints of the children who claim to have been abused by suspect A and the full investigation of the remaining children are being carried out by the Gyeonggi National Police Agency.
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