"Beaten with a bat, glass embedded in the neck"... Kwon Oh-joong, tears over son with developmental disability who was a victim of school violence [Star Issue]

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"Actor Kwon Oh-joong tearfully confessed that his son with a developmental disability was subjected to school violence by five classmates, expressing his deep desire to see his son live a normal life.

"Kwon Oh-joong appeared on the KBS 1TV variety program 'Hwang Shin-hye's Let's Live Together,' which aired on the 29th.

"On the broadcast, Kwon revealed that his son, Hyeok-jun, who suffers from a developmental disability due to a rare disease, was bullied at school for one year during his middle school days. Kwon stated that he only learned of the incident late and reported it to the police.

"He disclosed that he was bullied. He only learned late about his son's school violence victimization due to his developmental disability and sought help from the police.

"Kwon said that his son, who originally enjoyed playing with friends, suddenly refused to go to school one day. 'He said someone hit him. Later, when I asked the friends at school, they seemed unjustly accused, so I told my son something at home. But later, I received a call that my son had been injured at school and rushed to the emergency room. It turned out that my son had been bullied by five people for a year,' he confessed. 'That friend lied. While pretending to be friendly on the way to the restroom, they beat him with a bat and made him crawl on the floor. The injury to his neck occurred because the school violence perpetrators hit him while he was looking out the window, causing glass shards to embed in his neck.'

"Kwon said, 'Among the five perpetrators of school violence, only the one who acted as the leader transferred schools, while the other four perpetrators were only moved to different classes. Now, those children are bullying my son, telling him not to come near them and threatening to report them to the police. Nothing has changed. The children are truly cruel.' He added, 'School violence doesn't just destroy the child; it destroys the parents too. It traps them in a time of suffering,' as he wept.

"Kwon expressed his paternal love, saying, 'If I could have one wish, as we grow older, I hope to see our child live a normal life.'

"Meanwhile, Kwon Oh-joong married a non-celebrity woman who is six years his senior in June 1996 and welcomed his son, Hyeok-jun, the following year. Hyeok-jun suffers from a rare developmental disability, of which there are only about ten known cases worldwide.

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