Amid constant controversy over the vocational youth system, where if you are less than 14 years old with
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alone, you are not punished for committing a crime, and 13-year-old youths got caught in an accident with a stolen car.
It turns out that since last year, they were caught and released, and then they had repeatedly stolen dozens of times.
This is G1 Kwak Dong-hwa reporter.
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A policeman who was dispatched to a white car in a reverse accident approaches.
They block to prevent escape.
[Do not do it Do not do it.
Don't tell me.] The
car ignores the warning and moves forward.
After bumping into a vehicle parked next to it, it even hits a police patrol car.
The citizens who were watching barely escaped.
[Accident Citizen: I got a police car, a parked car, and rushed towards me, so I ran away and fell and hurt my knee...
.] The
drivers and passengers who drove the offending vehicle were 13 years old and 2nd graders in middle school.
The car was found to have been stolen from an apartment parking lot in Wonju.
The students in the stolen vehicle were caught by the police in the vicinity of the downtown area during about 12 km escape.
As a result of police investigations, it was revealed that they have been habitually stealing money and goods inside vehicles since December of last year.
Only about 20 confirmed vehicle hairs.
While the police arrested him and just released it over and over again, he stole the vehicle with a key that was inside the vehicle.
[Police officials: If you take you to the court based on an accompanying warrant, the court will have a hearing.
We gave it to you, but I guess you haven't heard the hearing (yet).] The
police turned over to the juvenile department of the Chuncheon District Court, as they were junior boys who could not be punished for criminal penalties.