Teacher arrested in student molestation case

By Lim Jeong-yeo

Published : July 13, 2016 - 18:01

- Link copied

A 45-year-old male teacher, accused of molesting his student two years ago, has been handed over to the prosecution, according to Gyeonggi Province’s police on Wednesday.

The Gyeonggi Namyangju Police said he had offered to drive a female pupil home in August 2014, taken her to a secluded road and touched her inappropriately.

(123RF)

He is being accused of repeating the offence over three times.

The pupil had kept the incident to herself for two years before finally telling her parents recently. The incident was reported to the police.

Park, however, denied the charges. The police transferred his case to the prosecution on June 22 to seek their opinion on indictment without detention.

Park currently oversees the human rights committee at the school where he works.

The school plans to remove Park from his committee position and convene a disciplinary committee in August to make a decision on Park’s dismissal.

By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)

Teacher arrested in student molestation case

More from Headlines