Ju Ho-min's autism abuse teacher secretly recorded = the only means of protection...an appeal for the weak (Full Story)
Oct 29, 2025
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Joo Ho-min wrote on his account on the 27th that `My son's case is being dealt with at the Supreme Court. The key issue is the evidence capability of third-party recordings to protect victims."
Joo Ho-min filed a complaint last year, accusing special teacher A of emotionally abusing his son B, who suffers from autism spectrum disorder. B was separated into a special class due to an incident such as exposing his body by lowering his pants during class, and A made remarks to B, such as 'The habit is very bad' I hate it'. Joo Ho-min and his wife secretly put a recorder in B's coat and made him go to school, and recorded A's problematic remarks.
The first trial court recognized the recording as evidence and imposed a suspension of the fine on A. However, the second trial court denied the ability to testify on the grounds that "illegal recording by a third party other than a party to the conversation" and acquitted Mr. A. As a result, some jurists, lawmakers, and lawyers have raised the issue.
Joo Ho-min "I oppose ordinary children carrying recorders in ordinary classes. However, in an environment where it is difficult to express one's intention, such as a special class nursing home, recording may be the last and only means of protection. I hope that this case will be treated as an open argument for the Supreme Court's en banc, and that the law will be on the side of the weak."
Next, Joo Ho's full text.
Here's an update on the trial!
My son's case is being dealt with in the Supreme Court. The key issue is "Evidence of Third-Party Recording for Victim Protection".
Emotional abuse in a special class was guilty in the first trial, but in the second trial, he was acquitted because his parents recorded it instead.
Law scholars, lawmakers and lawyers have recently openly raised the issue.
Professor Cha Sung-an of the University of Seoul School of Law asked the Supreme Court to judge the Supreme Court's en banc, saying, "Children with autism cannot record on their own, but parents do not know the reality that it becomes illegal if they record it instead."
At a forum at the Seoul National University Public Interest Law Center, Professor Kim Jae-wang said, `For people who cannot record their own conversations, such as disabled people, children, and the elderly with dementia, evidence other than recording is virtually impossible.."
At a meeting of the National Assembly hosted by Rep. Kim Ye-ji, the People's Power "The Communications Secret Protection Act, which was made after the grassroots incident, is now covering the mouths of the weak." was pointed out.
Afterwards, Kim Ye-ji's office said it is preparing a total of five amendments to the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities, Welfare of the Elderly, Welfare of Children, Special Act on Child Abuse, and Protection of Communication Secrets, reflecting the opinions of Professor Cha Sung-an.
Kim Ye-won, a lawyer at the Center for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Law, said "Recording is the only technique to reveal the truth in blind spots without CCTVs or witnesses."
I'm against ordinary children carrying recorders in regular classes. However, in environments where it is difficult to express one's intention, such as special classes and nursing homes, recording may be the last and only means of protection.
I hope that this case will be treated as a public defense of the Supreme Court's en banc, creating a standard for the law to stand on the side of the weak.
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