"I don't want to say I didn't do anything" 'Son Heung-min 父' Director Son Ung-jung's first prosecution summons him for 'child abuse allegations'
Jul 03, 2024
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According to Yonhap News, Chuncheon District Prosecutors' Office called in three people, including head coach Son, head coach Son Heung-yoon, and coach A, who run the 'SON Soccer Academy' on the 2nd. It is the first summons since the police took over the case.
Child B's side sued them in March, saying they were injured two weeks before being injured by a corner kick flag on their thighs from head coach Son during an off-season training in Okinawa, Japan.
Player B claimed that he was instructed by coach A to run from the goal post to the center line within 20 seconds because the team was defeated. However, when four people, including player B, failed to come in on time, he told the police that he was hit with a corner flag in a prone position.
The statement also included that he was verbally abused by coach Sohn for making mistakes during training and for not being able to train basic skills. In the accommodation where the academy's players live together, they were hit in the buttocks and calves by coach A several times, and the affidavit also included the claim that they pulled the sideburns or hit the head.
The Gangwon Police Agency, which investigated the case, sent three people, including director Sohn, to the prosecution in mid-April. Director Sohn recently said, `I deeply apologize to the hurt child and his family members, and I am sorry and sorry to the people for causing such controversy.' `However, since the facts of the complainant are different from the truth, the academy is actively cooperating with the investigation by revealing the facts without distorting or hiding the facts" he said.
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And there's no intention of saying that you haven't done what you haven't done, and there's no intention of saying that you've done what you haven't done. I will reflect on the change of the times and the fact that I only guided children in my own way without catching the standards set by the law. I will find another way for all members of the academy to think and think about it so that children can concentrate on the playground and concentrate on training"I promised.
Meanwhile, civic groups such as the Lawyers for a Democratic Society (Minbyun), the Cultural Solidarity Alternative Sports Council, the Sports Human Rights Research Institute, and the Sports Citizens' Solidarity urged a thorough investigation in a joint statement on the 1st.
They said "In the meantime, social consensus has been reached on ending violence in sports, and various institutional arrangements have been made to protect human rights, but it is disastrous that such an incident has happened again."This is not much different from the excuses of the perpetrators in repeated human rights violations in the sports world. Rather, it only proves that their human rights sensitivity is extremely insufficient."
They also said, `There must be similar child abuse at other private football academies. Overshadowed by the myth of Son Heung-min, many children, teenagers, and parents may be silently enduring sports violence in order to succeed as a player."
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