Representative of home appliance manufacturer who claim to be "early education" takes drugs while holding his one-month-old son = Korea

A representative of a major small home appliance importer and seller was charged with using drugs while holding his one-month-old son and claiming that he was in "early education".

On March 15th, the National Police Agency's Women and Youth Criminal Investigation Unit filed a case against a manufacturer representative, Suspect A, on suspicion of violating the Child Welfare Act (emotional child abuse).

Suspect A is suspected of inviting two acquaintances to his home in Seongdong-gu, Seoul in September 2021 and smoking liquid cannabis. At the time, suspect A was smoking marijuana while holding his one-month-old son and telling his acquaintances that it was an early education.

Suspect A's family submitted a complaint to the police on the 15th of this month. Police are investigating Suspect A on suspicion of violating the Child Welfare Act.

Article 17 of the Child Welfare Law legally prohibits emotionally abusive behavior that harms a child's physical as well as mental health and development.

Earlier, suspect A admitted to smoking liquid marijuana near his son while attending the Bangbae Police Station in Seoul on suspicion of violating the drug control law. was taken. The police completed their investigation into drug allegations and forwarded the case to the Suwon District Public Prosecutors Office Anyang Branch Office in February.