It’s a video that was reported over the weekend that upset and hurt many citizens. This is a five-year-old child who was found wearing underwear in 13 degrees below zero. Citizens reacted more enthusiastically in an atmosphere in commemoration of Jung In-i, who passed away after being abused. Immediately, the blame was directed at the child’s mother. JTBC tracked what happened to the child that day. This is because the first thing to do is to check what was the problem. The reporters focused on the call history between the child and the mother and the child’s bracelet. I’ve also heard more details from the person who first reported.
First is Lee Ja-yeon.
[기자]
This is the call history between the child and the mother A on the 8th when the child was discovered by JTBC reporters.
From 10:34 a.m. when Mr. A goes to work, the contact will be made every 20 to 30 minutes.
[A씨/아이 엄마 : 아이가 어떻게 하고 있는지 계속해서 수시로 전화를 했거든요.]
In the afternoon, most of the child calls first, but Mr. A does not answer, and the call is repeated later.
So, all 34 calls will be made in six and a half hours by 5:00 PM.
[A씨/아이 엄마 : 제가 마지막 통화가 5시였거든요.]
Then, the call will not be available from 5:6.
The child calls Mr. A 10 times.
It was not connected, and the child was found by citizens on the road 40 minutes later.
The first reported couple noticed the bracelet the child gave them.
It is a lost child prevention bracelet.
It had his name and contact information on it, and he got in touch immediately.
However, my phone was turned off.
At around 5:55, he finds the child and sends a text saying he is being protected.
Two minutes later, the police arrive, and Mr. A arrives at the convenience store five minutes later.
[함정민/최초 신고자 : 아이가 엄마를 만났을 때 굉장히 반가워하면서 얘기를 많이 했거든요. 길을 잃었구나, 그 생각밖에 안 했지…]
Police said the investigation did not find any context of physical abuse.
[서울 강북경찰서 관계자 : (아이가) 굉장히 쾌활합니다. 밝습니다. 분리해서 진술 청취하고 몸도 확인해 봤는데 특별한 건 없었고…]
However, considering the fact that the child was discovered twice outside, we will further investigate whether or not the child was left habitually.
The daycare center where the child was attending explained to the reporters that the child had been present until the day before the incident.
He said there were no suspicions of abuse.
■ “My husband, who broke up three years ago, paid 20,000 won per month for child support…”
[앵커]
Of course, the police investigation will have to be further monitored to determine what responsibility the child’s mother has. However, hasty criticism can leave a big scar for a family and even a child. In this video, a mother who ran after hearing the news is hugging her child. This time, let’s pay attention to the mother with her child alone. The mother, who raises her child by herself, became independent from the shelter four months ago. He had to work on a side job to make a living and wanted to work half a day to spend time with his child, but it was not easy.
Reporter Baek Min-gyeong reported on what difficulties there were and what social problems were contained in them.
[기자]
Mr. A, who divorced her husband, entered a mother-in-law with a two-year-old child three years ago.
Because there was no place to live or cost of living.
I didn’t even get child support from my husband.
I decided to receive 100,000 won each month
[A씨/아이 엄마 : 2만원씩, 그런 식으로. (3년 동안) 합쳐 봤자 30이 안 돼요. 20도 안 되나.]
In order to find out the process of being forced to receive, the priority was to make a living.
I studied qualifications at the single-parent family, and I left the single-parent family four months ago.
Thanks to a business that supports single-parent families, it is possible to live in rental housing.
However, living and childcare were different issues.
I went to work every day to make money.
After work, I had a side job.
[부업하고 있거든요. 잡화 종류는 다 해봤던 것 같아요. 틈틈이 짬 날 때마다 계속했던 것 같아요.]
When they said’I don’t want to go to daycare’, I had to take my child to work.
This is because emergency care services cannot be applied on the same day.
So I filled the bracelet.
[순간 잠시만 한눈을 팔더라도 아이가 없어질 수 있잖아요. 아이 이름이랑, 생년월일, 제 전화번호가 있어요.]
It was also not easy to cut down on work.
[반일근무를 해서 급여가 적어지면 어떻게 할 거냐고 물었을 때 항상 (아이와 생계라는) 저울을 가지고 있는 기분인 거죠.]
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