What happened in Room 702?



In the SBS 'I want to know' broadcast on the 12th, the incident of the crash of the real estate sales camp in Gangseo-gu was tracked under the subtitle 'Crime Class - The Secret of Camp No. 702 and the Helper'.



On the 9th of January, around 10 am, a man in his 20s, Kim Ji-woong, fell from a villa in Gangseo-gu.

In addition to the injuries from the fall, Mr. Kim, who had fallen, was full of suspicious bruises all over his body, and with his bare feet and dangling hair, he wondered what had happened to him.



The specialist said that Kim was in a serious enough condition to count among the trauma patients, and his fractures alone amounted to 15, and he was astonished that there were so many fractures in the face that it was impossible to count.

However, fortunately, Kim was able to save his life because his skull fracture was not as severe as other fractures.



However, no one knew Kim, who suddenly fell one day.

But neighbors speculated that he might have something to do with Room 702, where men who sell real estate live.



One minute after Mr. Kim's crash, the men living in Room 702 came down from the villa.

After watching Kim for a long time without showing any signs of surprise, a passerby passing by the villa reported it, and only then did they loosen something on Kim's wrists and suddenly start CPR.

Another man in Room 702 covered Kim with a blanket, and shortly after the police and paramedics arrived, they claimed that Mr. Kim was depressed and fell on his own.

The people in Room 702 acted like strangers even though they lived in the same house.



However, after a while, the production team received a call from Kim's younger brother.

those who have been victims of domestic violence.

In the end, Mr. Kim ran away from home when he was in high school, and there was no contact before the accident.



After reporting his family's disappearance, Mr. Kim, whose resident registration card was also erased, returned to his family in an accident he could not have imagined.

In particular, Kim seems to have become a completely different person in just 4 months.



The police found suspected assault tools in Room 702, Kim's name and notes stating that they were enslaved, and arrested 28-year-old Park, the owner of the house, and three employees of the real estate sales team he ran for special heavy confinement. It was shocking that a minor who was 18 years old this year was also included.

And it is known that those who are currently arrested are denying all charges, saying that Mr. Kim fell by himself.



So, what is the identity of the real estate sale dormitory room 702?



The relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Park, who ran a real estate sales team, and his employees did not seem ordinary.

The employees seemed to obey what the Park couple had to do.

If there is not enough space in the car, he will not hesitate to put his body in the trunk.



Park, who frequently changed cars and showed off his wealth on social media, had been unpaid for his villa management fee of 50,000 won for several years.

One informant who knows about them is the former moderator of the Helper Community.

He said that Kim and Park had a relationship in a community that provided a meal or a temporary bed to runaway teenagers.



Jiwoong has been a regular helper in the helper community for several years asking for help under his real name.

And, in the informant's community, Mr. Park's wife, Mr. Jung, first appeared in the informant's community last summer, and in September of last year, as a helper and helper, he and Mr. Kim formed a relationship. From that day on, Mr. Kim lived with Mr. and Mrs. Park in Room 702.



However, two weeks later, Jung posted her long wanted message about Kim.

They helped Mr. Kim both physically and mentally, but he borrowed money and stole a cell phone to run away, revealing his real name and photo.

So, three months later, a helper who had previously helped Mr. Kim reported the location of Mr. Kim to Mr. Jung, and after that, Mr. Kim was seized by men in Room 702 with both arms bound and dragged back to Room 702.



Mr and Mrs. Park and the staff of Room 702 also claimed that Mr. Kim made an extreme choice on his own, even to those around him.

However, the expert said, "The characteristic of people who make extreme choices in the form of jumping is looking for places such as railings, verandas, or cliffs. However, in the case of Mr. Kim, he fell from a place not suitable for such actions with a conscious and planned decision." I wondered.

In addition, a medical expert speculated, "In the case of suicide, the head is injured a lot, but Kim's head is not the main damage. I think he was trying to land while falling."



In fact, CCTV analysis revealed that at the moment of his fall, Kim suffered a secondary impact to his face after his knees and legs hit the ground first.

In response, an expert said, "If you have no choice but to choose a fall when you are in great danger, such as intimidation or life-threatening, this kind of injury can occur."



And experts paid attention to the behavior of the employees of Room 702 after Mr. Kim's crash.

The expert said, "After the report, he shows urgent action. The reason he hastily hides the blue tape that was wrapped around Mr. Kim's wrist, and the reason he acted like he was destroying evidence in such a hurry is because their acts of assault and confinement are connected." analyzed.



The police had similar thoughts.

The police decided that Kim did not make an extreme choice on his own and proceeded with the investigation.



And Kim, who found his consciousness after a while, slowly began to confide in his brother about what had happened to him.



Park, who said that he jumped into real estate sales as soon as he was in his twenties and made his own song, took an average of 4 or 5 staff members at his house in addition to the employees commuting to the outside sales office. It turned out that most of the men were young men in their late teens to early 20s.

Kim was one of those people.



Park insisted that Kim work and repay the borrowed money, but he insisted that there was no confinement assault, but Kim's claim was different.

He stated that the Park couple had to work under the pretext of providing room and board, but they escaped for the first time because there was no fixed salary or freedom.



And when he was taken back three months later, he remembered that he had shaved his head.

It is said that Mr. Park instructed the employees to shave Mr. Kim's hair with a dog clipper.

Kim, who was captured on January 4, made a second escape on January 7, the first outing since his shave.

However, he was arrested again two days later.



This time, Mr. Kim was pushed up to his eyebrows.

And while he was bound, he claimed that he had been beaten by Mr. Park, Mr. Jung, and the staff with his wooden sword.

On a cold day, Park's party stood on the terrace in short sleeves and shorts, showered in cold water, and then left it unattended.

It is said that Kim even fell while trying to escape from the 7th floor to avoid harsh acts.



In addition, Kim said that the borrowed money of about 1 million won claimed by the Park couple was not borrowed.

The two weeks of accommodation and meals provided by the Park couple and the suit they bought was a debt, claiming that they were to be repaid.



The production team met with informants who had camped at Park's house in the past.

They said that they started the camp because of Mr. Park's suggestion of sharing real estate sales know-how.



The informants were tempted to say that they could earn a lot of money due to the high commission.

Mr. Park deceived them by authenticating his large amount of money, saying that he had received a fee.

However, when I actually started working, the reality was different.

He said that it would be a lot of money to sell just one house, so he worked on an incentive system per contract without a salary, but it was impossible to conclude a contract with no experience in the first place.



In addition, Mr. Park lent cash to the informants who had to pay for everything from daily necessities to meals and communication expenses, and had them write a IOU to repay twice the principal.

In addition to their work, they had to do household chores, as well as take care of the pets Mr. Park collects, including insects, reptiles, birds, and several dogs.

In addition, if he did not do his job properly, corporal punishment of Mr. Park followed.



Park, who practiced kendo, beat his staff with a wooden sword and asked them to shave their heads.

In addition, it is said that Mr. Park fed his employees with psychiatric medications prescribed for insomnia, and took videos while watching the employees showing abnormal symptoms and groaned alone.



In response, the production team asked former employees if Park was unaware that his actions were dangerous, and he replied, "He treated him worse than a pet."



In addition, Mr. Park called the employees ping-ping in the sense of turning them back and forth, and Mr. Kim called them individuals.

An expert analyzed this, saying, "The use of the expression used in the community related to the common animal, the individual, to the victim is an example of how they depersonalized and treated the employees."



In addition, as to the reason for seeking another victim every time an employee runs away, Mr. Park said, "It was originally a harsh act that was carried out under a plan for a rational purpose. "It seems that the case of Professor Inbun and Chairman Yang is a combined case. If there was no report from the residents about Kim, who fell, there is a possibility that the harsh acts and economic exploitation in the dormitory could have been hidden for years or decades. " he said horribly.



And the production team confirmed that the other campers were also subjected to harsh acts like Mr. Kim.



Song, an 18-year-old minor who was detained with Park, was afraid of the Park family and did not make any statements at first.

It was through the helper community that he first went to Room 702.



Jung, who got to know Song from the helper community, called Song's father directly, explained his job, and reassured his father by sending a memorandum of performance for a sales agency, an identification card, and a photo of his young daughter.



He also said that he would pay off Song's debt caused by illegal gambling, saying, "To provide room and board for minors and to work, you need the consent of your parents. They will be responsible for any accidents, so please give them consent."

In the end, the father, who was unable to pay off his son's debts due to his financial difficulties, wrote a consent form and gave him the account number for his salary.

However, as time passed, he did not pay off the promised debt, let alone his salary, and even contacting Song became difficult.



My father, who felt it was strange, asked Mr. Jung, and Mr. Jung changed his mind, saying that he had decided to work as an incentive system.

When his father heard the story, he immediately called 112, but he couldn't get much help.



After Song was arrested, his family learned that he was preparing to escape from Room 702.

On January 7th, he borrowed the ID of his friend and asked the helper community for help.

However, he did not respond to messages from those who offered to help, and he was arrested along with Mr. Park.



Experts explain why Song and other employees had to become Park's accomplices, saying, "I don't want to suffer because I know that if someone escapes or tries to escape, harsh punishment will follow. Forgetting about it and completely adapting to the logic, rules, and mechanisms of their own separate world.”



Park, who took advantage of the desire of young people to make money, taught a crime class.

He was known to his staff as a wealthy man, but had no fortune in his name.

The business registration name belonged to his wife Jeong or his employees, and room 702 belonged to Mr. Park's mother, and even that was confiscated because he did not pay taxes.



In response, an expert said, "I am a person who has to live with only cash. Most of the people who cannot pay their business are highly likely to be unable to pay due to high arrears," said an expert.



Park and his wife, who had neither the ability to save themselves nor the ability to help anyone, turned their attention to the runaway youth when all the employees ran away due to labor exploitation and abuse.

For them, the helper community was the best place to meet employees who can't easily leave.



The helper who had helped Mr. Kim in the past said that he could not see children in the same situation as he was a victim of domestic violence, so he provided room and board and found a job for Mr. Kim 5 years ago.

However, over the past five years, Mr. Kim has repeatedly left and re-entered the house 7 times for various reasons, putting the helper in trouble.



Experts analyzed through Kim's diary that his cognitive function and psychological state had stopped five years ago when he ran away from home.

The expert said, "It's almost not grown. It's exhausting to expect mental maturity for five years. Maybe it was the time when you struggled for physical survival. It seems you were exposed to a lot of dangerous situations," said the expert.



In addition to the helper, Mr. Kim put several helpers in trouble.

Eventually, he was blacklisted by the helper community and his real name was revealed.

About 30 runaway teenagers with Kim's real names were mentioned.

Blacklisting made it difficult for them to get help from helpers, and in some cases they risked public wanted or private punishment from them.



It is because of this structure of the helper community that the Park couple were able to find Kim, who had escaped.

Kim, who was wanted in the helper community, was the target of private punishment by other helpers.

And the fact that the Parks were able to imprison, kidnap and enslave him was because they knew that he was a wanted person.

The helper community's self-cleaning blacklist put him in danger, who really needed help.



In response, the expert pointed out, "If they had a good will, they give and end. If there is a problem, they can give up and report it. But I wonder why they are taking private punishment." .



The expert also emphasized that the helper community is continuing the genealogy of the youth prostitution inflow platform, and that "it's really dangerous that they are starting to refer to themselves as helpers."

In fact, the production team was shocked to see helpers approaching female helpers to satisfy their sexual desires through experiments.

And in the helper community, many articles that appear to be sexual exploitation and prostitution were also caught, causing frowns.



A helper community that is less responsive to male help than to female help.

But soon a helper told a familiar story.

The helper said to the male helper, "I'll make money. What's your credit score? It's a real estate business."



What they suggested was mediation of illegal real estate loans.

The helper, who offered to help, rushed in line when the production team appeared and sent someone else out.

And the newcomer promised that he would never offer illegal loans to helpers again, saying that he was a simple recruiter and had a separate supervisor.



A former helper community operator said, "There are about 10 to 20 normal helpers out of 100 helpers. This is a single point organization," warned helpers who approach helpers for abnormal purposes.

In fact, as soon as they turn 20, many runaway youths become impersonal and have bad credit, making it impossible to live a normal life and taking part in crimes.



Mr. Kim also had bad credit, his resident registration card was expunged, and he became a wanted person in the helper community, so he had no choice but to go to Mr. Park's house.



The expert said, "There is no such good prey. Even if it is eliminated, there is no chance of detection." "Over 70% of runaway youths who have experienced domestic violence require parental consent to go to shelter. The victim must obtain consent from the perpetrator. Isn't that harsh treatment," he said, regretting the reality of runaway youth.



And another expert said, "To help only good people is a fantasy of caring, salvation disguised as help, or psychological exploitation in another way. urged



The informant who stopped the operation because he could no longer see the helper community becoming a hideout for criminals said, "The fundamental problem is that there will be no helpers if only the right to designate the parents' residence is resolved at the shelter."

In response, experts also agreed that it is necessary to delicately revise the law related to the right to designate parents' residence.

However, for several years, it has been in a state of disrepair, causing regret.



Lastly, the broadcast emphasized the need to strengthen the social safety net so that a small number of evildoers cannot easily find victims and exploit them at will, saying, "It is not acceptable for the wicked to refer to themselves as helpers and pretend to be saviors to those in need." 



(SBS Entertainment News Editor Kim Hyo-jung)