Teacher, who took away the book he was reading and disgraced him publicly, confirms probation.

A middle school teacher who publicly humiliated him for reading an obscene book during self-study time has been sentenced to probation.

The Supreme Court upheld the original ruling, which sentenced middle school moral teacher A, who was accused of violating the Child Abuse Punishment Act, to October in prison and suspended for two years.

In 2019, Mr. A openly told his classmates and punished them, saying that the victim, who was 14 years old at the time, had read an obscene book during self-study classes.

The victim took her own life, complaining that she had been ostracized by the incident.

The first trial court sentenced the victim to 10 months in prison, saying the shame or frustration he must have felt was severe, but the appeals court reduced the sentence to probation, saying A could not have foreseen the tragic outcome.


※ If you have difficulties to talk about, such as depression, or if you have family members or acquaintances who are experiencing such difficulties, you can receive 24-hour professional counseling on the suicide prevention counseling call ☎109.