<Anchor> At
today's (18) conference, controversy arose over President Moon Jae-in's remarks on the child abuse case that he needed a plan to cancel the adoption or change the adopted child.
Criticism has emerged as a parent-centered view rather than a child.
Reporter Lee Hyun-young covered it.
<Reporter>
President Moon Jae-in mentioned adoptive families in the process of answering a reporter's question about how to prevent recurrence of child abuse cases.
[President Moon Jae-in: If the adoption is canceled again within a certain period of time, or the desire to adopt is still strong, but if the child does not match, change the adopted child...
.]
Adoption itself should be active while protecting adopted children, and mentioned cancellation of adoption or replacement of children.
Regarding this, the power of the people commented, "Jung-in is wondering whether the preventive measure is ultimately'exchange or return'," and the same party female lawmakers criticized "Adopted children are not items of street stalls."
One parent group and child protection groups also added criticism, saying that they were thinking about parents, not children.
[Gong Hye-jeong/CEO of the Korea Child Abuse Prevention Association: We must look at it from the perspective of child abuse.
It is necessary to think about how the human rights of children will be respected and achieved (it is necessary.)] The
Blue House explained that the intention was misrepresented.
Blue House spokesman Kang Min-seok said, "The purpose of President Moon's remark is to supplement the adoption system to promote adoption." Said.
Spokesman Kang added, "It is enforced by law in France, England, and Sweden," he added. "I emphasize the importance of children's happiness above all else."
(Video coverage: Park Jin-ho, video editing: Kim Jin-won)