Elementary School Student Attempts Suicide During Lunch Hour... Police Launch Investigation

Regarding an incident in which an elementary school student attempted to jump from a building in Jeju, the Seogwipo Police Station has accepted a complaint from the student's parents and launched an investigation into the school officials in charge of the relevant duties.

According to police on Wednesday, the parents of the victim, an elementary school student identified as A, filed a complaint in June against three individuals from the elementary school who held positions in 2025—the former principal, the former vice principal, and the person in charge of school violence affairs—charging them with dereliction of duty, drafting and uttering false official documents, and violation of the Act on the Prevention of and Countermeasures Against Violence in Schools.

Police are currently reviewing related materials and plan to summon the accused individuals sequentially to investigate the circumstances of the incident and the school's response.

At the elementary school in question, on November 28, 2025, during the lunch hour, student A, who was then in the fifth grade, attempted to jump from a building but narrowly escaped death with the help of a friend.

While the family of student A, who moved to Jeju from abroad, claims that she was subjected to bullying at school leading up to the suicide attempt, it was revealed that there were no records whatsoever related to this matter at the Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Office of Education, prompting criticism that protective measures for students by the relevant authorities were inadequate.

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