Regarding the incident in which a 2-year-old child choked to death while eating baeksukgi at a daycare center in Gimpo, the teacher and the director have been sent to prosecutors.
On the 11th, the Gimpo Police stated that they forwarded daycare teacher A and director B, who were charged with negligent homicide, to the prosecutors without detention.
According to the police, A is accused of causing the death of 2-year-old child C by choking on rice cake while feeding him a snack at the daycare center around 3:10 p.m. on May 22.
B is facing charges for failing to fulfill his duty to manage and supervise employees as the operator of the daycare, leading to the incident.
Just before the incident, it was confirmed that A had cut baeksukgi rice cake and distributed it to the children, including C. After the emergency situation occurred, the daycare performed the Heimlich maneuver; however, C lost consciousness and died after being transported to the hospital.
The National Institute of Scientific Investigation determined that C's cause of death was presumed to be 'death by asphyxiation due to airway obstruction' and communicated this opinion to the police.
While confirming that the emergency response was captured on CCTV, the police acknowledged the negligence of A and B for failing to fulfill their obligation to be cautious while distributing baeksukgi to the child, leading to their reference to the prosecutors.
A police official noted, 'While it was confirmed that there was an emergency response captured on site CCTV, it was judged as negligence that the daycare did not pay sufficient attention to safety when providing snacks.'