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child who was trapped in a suitcase in Cheonan and who had to escape from Changnyeong. The two children may have escaped abuse earlier. However, the number of visits to corona has been greatly reduced, so I did not receive timely help in reporting suspected abuse or designating crisis children.

Reporter Jeong Ban-suk reports what the situation is and what countermeasures are.

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9-year-old boy in Cheonan, trapped in a bag, and a 9-year-old Changnyeong escaped from abuse.

Because of Corona 19, even if you report abusive suspicion, just make a phone call with your mother, or

[Chonnam Police officer in Cheonan: Do not visit or visit. Put it all off. I was still following those guidelines.]

Even though I was designated as a crisis child, I did not investigate the visit.

[A person from Changnyeong-gun, Gyeongnam Province: Corona gave me a letter to refrain from home visits related to this project.] As the continuation of visits to the

corona crisis continued, 1% of children surveyed during the first half of this nationwide crisis were 17%. It is only.

Last year, about 18,000 people, or 80%, were visited and surveyed, which is less than a quarter this year.

Moreover, not a single number of cases were requested by the police.

It is the lowest in the nation with 3% in Chungnam where the Cheonan incident occurred and 8% in Gyeongnam where the Changnyeong incident occurred.

During the same period, Gwangju and Seoul visit rates were close to 30%.

Although the Ministry of Health and Welfare said it followed the guidelines for refraining from visits, it is pointed out that the child was left without risk.

[Shin Hyun-young/Independence Democratic Party Rep.: The site survey rate by region is quite different. I think we should look into the areas that can be improved.] The

government decided to strengthen the response to 112 reports of child abuse along with a survey of risky children.

(Video coverage: Seunghwan Lee, Video editing: Kim Jong-tae, CG: Lee Kyung-moon, data provided by Hyun-Young Shin)