[Issue call] "Maximum 5.4 billion"...Dongduk Women's University is responsible for the remuneration expenses, "To whom?"

■ Proceedings: Anchor Jung Ji-woong
■ Telephone connection: Attorney Kim Sung-soo

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[Anchor]
Ask a professional about a hot issue. It's an issue call. Dongduk Women's University has agreed to resume classes after a meeting with students, temporarily suspending discussions on engineering conversion. But there is still a big problem. It's how to cover billions of won in damage compensation costs. As you can see, not only the outer wall of the building, but also the stairs, sidewalks, and cars are covered with lacquer. Restoring the campus to its original state will not only cost you time but also a little. So who is responsible for this damage compensation? There are many things to consider whether to hold students responsible for solidarity or to participate in the protest and how much the school will bear. I'll connect you with an expert on this issue.Attorney Kim Sung-soo, you're out, right?

[Kim Sung-soo]
Hello.

[Anchor]
Compensation costs have easily exceeded up to 5 billion won. What is the most important issue when you ask who is responsible?

[Kim Sung-soo]
In this case, the most important issue in determining the responsible person is that in civil damages, the issue will be how far the responsible person can be recognized in accordance with Article 750 of the Civil Act and the law on the responsibility of joint offenders in Article 760.

[Anchor]
After all, isn't it the students who went to the locker protest? Is it most likely to hold students accountable?

[Kim Sung-soo]
Since it is a principle to hold the person responsible for the act both civilly and criminally, if the person responsible for the act is the students, of course, they are likely to be held accountable. However, isn't there a part where we are not claiming the full amount of the estimated amount that is currently mentioned or that we have participated in the protest or have done something, but that each act has caused damage? Then, the behavior will be subdivided and the students who participated in the behavior will be held accountable, but they will be held accountable just because they participated in the protest, which is hard to see.

[Anchor]
If I ask the student who attended the protest, I wonder if I can hold him/her responsible for solidarity, but I'm also curious about whether it's possible to specify in this case, and whether I can be held legally responsible even if I do.

[Kim Sung-soo]
According to the current report, the school seems to be saying that there are a lot of CCTVs in the school, and there are stories that CCTVs are very clear. If you can identify your face because the CCTV is clear, you will be able to identify this student actor, and if you can identify the actor, can you take criminal responsibility for the criminally problematic part and what kind of actions you have done civilly? Then, if you can be held accountable for that, and if your face is specified on CCTV to some extent, it is not impossible to specify the person through various techniques, so I think you will do it through that method.

[Anchor]
If you do something, isn't there a possibility that this will be the beginning of another conflict?

[Kim Sung-soo]
I think the school has no choice but to think about that. However, if this is to restore this part to its original state at the cost of the school, in the end, if the cost of this school comes from other students' tuition fees, can't that also be a problem? As a result, the school seems to have no choice but to decide how to respond to this, and in the current situation, don't you refrain from doing additional activities to prevent further damage from spreading due to lacquer or something like this, and there are parts that are currently scattered? I think both the school and the students should think about how to restore these parts to their original state at the lowest cost.

[Anchor]
There's a previous case. Some 150 million won was also spent on erasing some graffiti painted on the wall of Gyeongbokgung Palace. How were you held accountable at the time?

[Kim Sung-soo]
In the case of the incident at that time, it was confirmed that there was an actor who scribbled and a teacher who taught it. As a result, it is now known that the National Heritage Administration has claimed civil damages against both the doodle and the teacher for the restoration costs, and criminal proceedings are also being carried out against them separately.

[Anchor]
The detonator of the Dongduk Women's University incident is now expected to depend on how to compensate for the damage. Let's stop here. It was lawyer Kim Sung-soo. Thank you.

[Kim Sung-soo]
Thank you.