Child abuse and murder - where is the justice?

A 23-month-old baby boy (Seong-Min Lee) was beaten to death at daycare (Ul-San-City, S.Korea) owned by Chae (director) and Nam (her husband). They asserted that the baby was treated well, but he fell down from a 75-cm-high piano bench a couple of days before his death. Kyung-Ju police officers investigated the case based on their claim.

Postmortem examination revealed that the direct cause of his death was peritonitis due to intestinal transection. Medical Examiner's Office reported child abuse is strongly suspected from the existence of multiple bruises of various stages over his body, tear in the roof of his mouth, and defense injuries. Although peritonitis can be cured if it is treated promptly, Chae and Nam did not take the baby to the hospital to conceal their crime, and put him in agony for 2-3 days and eventually death.

Despite the medical and strong circumstantial evidences supporting child abuse and murder, the judge (Chae-Hae Kim, Kyung-Ju Prosecutor's Office) dismissed their charges on the ground of insufficient evidence. Chae was sentenced to only a misdemeanor on neglect of duty with 1-year-in-jail and Nam received a 2-year-probation. The general public of S. Korea was outraged over the verdict and calls for a thorough investigation into the death of the 23-month-old baby boy. More than 10,000 people registered as a member of the website (http://cafe.daum.net/cherub23) to support the bereaved family and advocate for child health and safety in S. Korea.

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• child
• abuse
• murder
• S.Korea
• daycare
• baby
• angel
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[minyhur]

I hope Nam would served a death sentence and his wife as well..

and they will go to hell for sure.

[belovedbabySM]

Yes, they have to pay the price for what they've done.

[yongjae80]

what can we do to help?

[belovedbabySM]

Please spread the word to your community to get more people involved...

[kiwi17890]

IM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS

I REALLY HOPE YOU GET BETTER

[ForeverLoveNever]

I'm so sorry. . .I cried when you said "My little boy spent is second birthday on an autopsy table" :'(

[MrWhitey101]

@belovedbabySM Sometimes we have to make our own justice if the courts fail us.

[CorduroyAngel]

This is a terrible story, you must have been through HELL. There is much cruelty in the world x

[sk8ter101sk8ter]

Im sorry Mister

:] Its nice to knoww the story

And how you felt.

:]

[Oceanwave3290]

This has probably been said many time before, but its still so hard to believe that people could do this to their children. I couldn't even do that to a goldfish! Let alone a child who cant do anything about it.

[sarrahgoud]

I am so sorry!... My HEART GOES OUT TO YOU!

[IlIIllIllIllIIllIIll]

totally agree man, this people cant be saved.

we need to save others from them....

have a good one.

[Exiledloser]

@IlIIllIllIllIIllIIll i put two names i use on online games, somehow didnt see how it'd turn out, its what i get for only really useing the interwebs while drinking haha - but yeah they cant be helped, they need to be ended.

~Josh