It was belatedly revealed that at a high school in Daegu, a female student gave a tangerine sprayed with insecticide to a teacher. Education authorities judged that the student had "no clear intent to harm," prompting strong backlash, including a statement from the teachers union.
According to the Daegu Teachers Union on the 31st, on the 19th at a high school in Suseong-gu, a female student, identified as A, handed a tangerine sprayed with "F-Killer," a spray-type mosquito and fly insecticide, to a teacher. The teacher ate the tangerine without suspicion.
Afterward, the teacher heard from another student that the tangerine eaten had been sprayed with insecticide. The teacher, who was mentally traumatized, reportedly took official leave and did not go to school for 10 days.
After the incident, the school reported the case as an "education activity infringement" to the Regional Committee for the Protection of Educational Activities.
However, the Regional Committee for the Protection of Educational Activities, which met in the middle of this month, acknowledged that the student infringed on the teacher's authority but judged there was "no clear intent to harm."
In response, the Daegu Teachers Union issued a statement, saying, "This is not a simple prank or an impulsive act, but a serious case of infringing on a teacher's authority that directly threatened the teacher's life and body," and urged, "Because this decision makes light of teachers' physical safety and dilutes the seriousness of teacher authority infringement, the Daegu Office of Education should comprehensively reassess the committee's criteria and reinvestigate the case."