Exclusive: "I'm Afraid"… Ignored Separation Requests Led to "Foreseeable Crime"

[Anchor]

The family of the victim we met claims that this incident was a foreseeable crime. In other words, it was a preventable tragedy. The victim had frequently expressed fear toward the suspect and asked her company to separate them, but the only response she received was to "endure it."

This exclusive report comes from Reporter Cho Min-ki.

[Reporter]

This is a KakaoTalk chat log of the victim released by her husband.

It contains messages showing that she was terrified of a male station worker, identified as A, who worked with her, saying that he was "scary."

Worker A transferred to Wondang Station in January of this year.

The victim's husband stated that ever since then, his wife had continuously asked to change her workplace because she was afraid of A's abnormal behavior.

[Victim's Husband: (The suspect) would express that when collaborating on tasks, he wouldn't do anything at all. When someone gave him instructions, he perceived that as stress.]

However, the husband claimed that the only response from the company was to tell her to hang in there.

[Victim's Husband: (The station manager) told my wife, "Just endure it. He is such and such a person, so just endure it and hold on."... She couldn't transfer due to staffing quota issues.]

Worker A had reportedly already transferred workplaces multiple times over a short period even before being assigned to Wondang Station.

The victim's husband expressed frustration that despite prior reports regarding the suspect's abnormal behavior, the company's lax response ultimately led to the tragedy.

[Victim's Husband: When problems are raised about individual employees and strange behavior is recognized, they should establish manuals and systems.]

Critics point out that without fundamental measures to detect warning signs early and manage them beforehand, similar tragedies will inevitably repeat themselves.

In response to SBS's inquiry about whether there are manuals for handling such situations, Korail stated, "We have them internally," but regarding the appropriateness of their response, they only replied, "We can speak about it after the police investigation."

(Video by Yang Ji-hoon | Video Editing by Ahn Ye-jin | Design by Byun Da-young)
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