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middle school student was injured so badly that he broke his jawbone while competing with the taekwondo leader without proper protective equipment.
The victim's family of middle school students claim that the director actually assaulted him under the guise of training.
This is JTV reporter Lee Jung-min.
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Group A, a middle school student, suffered serious injuries for 8 weeks before fighting with a 40-year-old coach at the Taekwondo arena in February.
The start of the incident was that group A spoke annoyed words to the director's cleaning instructions.
[Victim's brother/witness: My brother said 'It's ridiculous' and then suddenly (the director) hit the head two or three times, slapped the cheek and the back of the head…
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Afterwards, the taekwondo director suggested that middle school students compete in taekwondo.
They were not wearing proper protective gear, such as head restraints.
[Victim's brother/witness: My younger brother attacked first, and the master (director) also attacked, but I was hit in the head by a kick, but I couldn't get it right, but the master hit the chin one more time with a back kick...
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junior high school student fainted on the spot.
As a result of the hospital diagnosis, he suffered a wound of 8 weeks anterior, in which two jaws were broken.
Five months after the incident, I was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and was diagnosed with the need to have my teeth pulled out in the future.
[Taekwondo Director: The children I taught were hurt, so I'm sorry and I'm sorry... .]
At that time, it was explained that Gyeorugi had been a scheduled training before.
He added that the reason he did not wear protective gear was because the disciples were uncomfortable wearing them.
However, the family of a middle school student reported the director to the police, saying it was suspected of intentional assault.
(Video coverage: Yoo Ji-young JTV)