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Rapid Increase in Unreported Birth Cases: Police Investigation Approaches 1,000

On the 6th, in Daegot-myeon, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, police are carrying a baby doll to be used for on-site verification in relation to the case of burying an infant who died one day after birth in a vegetable garden. [출처 : 연합뉴스]

The number of cases of unreported births under investigation by the police increased by nearly 160 in one day, approaching 1,000.

On the 10th, the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency announced that it was investigating 939 cases (11 cases of death, 782 cases of unknown whereabouts, 146 cases of whereabouts confirmed) as 1069 cases of ‘birth unreported infants’ were received at city and provincial offices nationwide by 5:00 pm on the 7th. .

This is an increase of 159 cases in one day from 780 as of 2:00 pm in June. The number of unreported infants confirmed to have died was found to be 34, an increase of 7 from the 6th.

The police are looking for the whereabouts of infants who have records of births at hospitals, but whose births have not been registered. Among the 34 unreported infants who were newly confirmed to have died, 11 could be murdered, and the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency and others are investigating. Two infants have also been confirmed dead in Seoul, and the Seoul Gwanak Police Station is figuring out the facts.

Circumstances were confirmed that the four were killed by their biological parents, etc., and they were sent to the prosecution.

The police are still concentrating their investigation on the 782 people whose fate is unknown. As for the cases under investigation, Seoul Office has the largest number of 205 cases, Gyeonggi Southern Office 183 cases, Gyeonggi Northern Office 85 cases, Incheon Office 71 cases, Gyeongnam Office 51 cases, Busan Office 47 cases, Chungnam Office 44 cases each, and Chungbuk Office 41 cases. In addition, Daejeon Office is investigating 37 cases, Gyeongbuk Office 31 cases, Daegu Office and Gwangju Office 30 cases each, Jeonnam Office 26 cases, Gangwon Office 18 cases, Jeonbuk Office 17 cases, Ulsan Office 11 cases, Jeju Office 7 cases, and Sejong Office are investigating 5 cases.

2023-07-10 01:00:12
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