▲ Paejae High School
The baseball team at Seoul's Paejae High School, which received a six-month suspension for chanting slogans disparaging the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement during a game against Gwangju Jeil High School, has decided to file for a retrial.
The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced that the Paejae High School baseball team reached the decision to request a retrial from the Korea Baseball Softball Association (KBSA) following internal discussions.
Paejae High School plans to submit a petition from its faculty and staff along with the retrial application.
It will take at least two months for the case to be reviewed again after the application is filed.
The controversy arose on June 29, when some student athletes from the Paejae High School baseball team chanted, "Let's go, let's go, let's go to Starbucks," and "Tank Day" toward the Gwangju Jeil High School dugout during a game held at Mokdong Baseball Stadium in Seoul.
On July 1, the KBSA's Sports Fair Committee decided to impose a six-month suspension on Paejae High School and ruled that the school would forfeit the remaining games of the 81st Blue Dragon National High School Baseball Championship.
As a result, Paejae High School is barred from participating in all remaining tournaments this year, including the 54th Phoenix Flag National High School Baseball Tournament, which is scheduled to be held next month.
Gwangju Jeil High School, which had previously reconciled with Paejae High School after receiving an in-person apology, also appealed to the baseball association for leniency toward the school.
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