High school seniors go to school in Seoul on Aug. 10, 2021. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — As an increasing number of school violence cases are being reviewed in court, there are more cases of administrative appeal or litigation in an attempt to appeal against school violence accusations.
The accused perpetrators of school violence made 2,077 requests for administrative appeals and 575 requests for administration litigation over the last three years (2020 to 2022), said Rep. Lee Eun-joo of the minor opposition Justice Party, citing data from the Ministry of Education.
The victims only made 1,014 requests for administrative appeals, and 64 requests for administrative litigation, far fewer than the number of requests made by the perpetrators.
Anyone who does not accept the measures set forth by the school violence response committee may request an administrative appeal from the education ministry or ask for administrative litigation at the administrative court.
When embarking on appeal procedures, many individuals request the suspension of execution for any penal measures put forth by the committee.
In the last three years, 53 percent of perpetrators of school violence requested suspension of execution when they asked for an administrative appeal, while 62.1 percent asked for the suspension of execution when requesting administrative litigation.
Many student perpetrators ask to suspend the execution of penal measures when requesting appeals in order to prevent them from affecting college entrance.
Experts argue that the increasing number of appeals will further expose student victims to the risk of secondary offenses.
Lina Jang (linajang@koreabizwire.com)
