2023-06-03 22:30:16
Last March, a mart in Wonju, Gangwon-do.
A woman wearing a hat walks around the store watching the staff clearing the shelves.
After a while, a woman appeared holding something.
If you look closely, it’s milk powder for newborns.
The 40-year-old woman was caught trying to leave the mart with items worth 170,000 won, including powdered milk and diapers.
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″The security team chased following me and asked, “Have you paid for the guest?” I was hesitant, so I said, “Show me the receipt,” but they mightn’t show me the receipt.″
The woman readily admitted to the crime to the district police officers who arrived at the scene.
When asked, “Why did you do that?”, he replied that it was because of the baby.
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″Actually, we have a two-month-old at home. I’m talking like this. But I didn’t really believe it because all thieves usually have excuses like that.”
Sergeant Ko Tak-min headed to the woman’s house with such dubious doubts.
When I arrived, there was a 2-month-old baby lying alone in a studio regarding 10 pyeong.
There was no food for adults as well as powdered milk.
The woman, a single mother, had been caught stealing before, but was wanted because she might not pay the fine.
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″The man ran away and was making a living on childcare allowance alone, and he said that it was not enough.″
On the way to the police station, taking a woman with a baby.
Sergeant Koh said that the hungry crying baby was bothering him.
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″How long has it been since you haven’t eaten your baby? Newborns usually eat every 3 to 4 hours. But if you haven’t eaten twice, you haven’t eaten for almost eight to ten hours.”
Before handing the woman over to the police station, Sgt. Go stopped by the mart and bought a bottle of powdered milk at his own expense and handed it to the woman.
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″The baby started eating, so we fed him formula milk, and following the first investigation, we handed him over to the detective department.″
We also introduced a support policy for women to pay overdue fines in installments.
Sergeant Koh, 34, is also raising a five-month-old baby.
He says stealing is wrong, but he still wanted to help.
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″Socially, there are many cases where babies are not born well, but even following they are born, there are many cases where they are neglected and abused irresponsibly. But once more, I came to the conclusion that this person was the one who thought that I had to raise this child by any means. Anyway, it is true that the woman did something wrong, but the baby is not. So, with the idea that if she might be of any small help, she would like to be just… ″
(Screen provided: Gangwon Wonju Police Station)
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