An investigation report from the National Human Rights Commission of Korea revealed that one of the infant orphanages in Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do had been abusing children and it will voluntarily shut down, said the officer from the orphanage on 3rd. The child welfare institution that runs the orphanage also filed for an official notice of the shut down to the Jecheon City Hall. The reason being, the orphanage could no longer teach or take care of the children. The welfare institution plans to have a concrete schedule as to where the children can go afterwards, and announce for an official shut down.
The facility was founded by Ms. Jane White, who graduated from the University of Christian life and worked as a missionary in Canada until she settled down in Jecheon, 1962. In 1963, she built Jecheon orphanage to look after the infants. Since then, in total of 1234 people went through the facility. It closed in 50 years of operation. The director and the teachers of the orphanage maltreated the infants; they inflicted physical punishment with trees, broom sticks, plastic rods, and so on, and locked in infants who do not follow the regulation.
The regional police station at Jecheon-si investigated the incident from May. The investigation report will be ready at the end of the month.
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