英国广播公司（BBC）采访了一位在护理院遭受工作人员性侵的三名居民之一。
The BBC spoke to one of three residents at a care home who were sexually assaulted by a staff member.
记者：朱娜·穆恩 “我内心很痛苦，所以来讲述我的经历。”这是徐美贤对警方说的第一句话。
By Juna Moon "I was hurting inside, so I came to tell my story." These were Seo Mi-hyeon's first words to the police.
徐美贤患有智力障碍，难以组织长句，只能通过简短的词语和手势进行交流。但她对遭受虐待的记忆却十分清晰。
Seo, who has an intellectual disability, struggles to form long sentences and can only communicate through brief words and gestures. But her memories of the abuse inflicted upon her were clear.
她是韩国一家公立护理院中，被院长性侵的三名居民之一。此案震惊全国，并引发了人们对国家如何照护残疾人的严重质疑。
She was one of three residents at a state-run care home in South Korea who were sexually assaulted by the home's director, in a case that has shocked the country and raised serious questions about state care for the disabled.
本月早些时候，首尔一家法院判处该院长——仅以姓氏“金”代称——有期徒刑15年。金某正在对定罪提出上诉。
Earlier this month, a court in Seoul sentenced the director - who has only been identified by his surname Kim - to 15 years in prison. Kim is appealing the conviction.
法庭获悉，部分居民被要求称呼院长为“爸爸”，检方指出这体现了金某与其照护对象之间不平等的关系。
The court had heard that some residents were made to call the director "Dad", which prosecutors said illustrated the unequal relationship between Kim and those in his care.
这一判决作出时，距40多岁的徐美贤首次向母亲披露虐待经历已近两年。
The ruling came nearly two years after Seo, who is in her 40s, first disclosed the abuse to her mother.
为保护当事人身份，我们已更改了本文中徐美贤及另一位受害者的姓名。“我只是默默忍受”徐美贤于2016年开始入住“色洞院”，这是一所专为智力障碍人士设立的护理院。
We have changed Seo's name and the names of another victim in this story to protect their identities. 'I just endured it' Seo first began living in Saekdongwon, a care home for the intellectually disabled, in 2016.
该机构位于仁川市，完全由国家补贴，目前仍收容着约33名居民，但鉴于此案，当局已要求其关闭。
The institute, located in the city of Incheon, is fully subsidised by the state and still houses some 33 residents, although it has been asked to close down in light of this case.
据徐美贤称，虐待在她入住后不久便开始，金某常在夜间或凌晨潜入她的房间实施强奸。
According to Seo, the abuse began shortly after she began living there, with Kim visiting her at night or in the early hours of the morning to rape her.
徐美贤通过其律师高恩英表示，设施内没有可以倾诉虐待经历的成年人，她认为其他工作人员也不会帮助她。该护理院未对此指控作出回应。
Speaking through her lawyer Ko Eun-young, Seo said there was no adult at the facility she could speak to about the abuse, adding that she felt that other staff members would not help her. The care home has not responded to this allegation.
近10年来，她的生活一直如此，直到2025年2月这起案件被曝光，当时徐某头部受伤。
That was her life for almost 10 years, until the case came to light in February 2025, when Seo suffered a head injury.
她说，事发时金某试图对她实施性侵犯。她用双手阻止对方，结果金某朝她扔了一个玻璃杯。
She said it happened one of the times Kim tried to sexually assault her. She had blocked him with her hands, causing him to throw a glass at her.
她的律师告诉法庭，这家护理院将徐某送往医院，并在她的头部伤口缝合完毕后，才将事件告知她的母亲。
Her lawyer told the court that the care home took Seo to hospital and informed her mother about the incident only after the wound on her head had been stitched up.
据徐某的律师称，徐某的母亲曾要求查看监控录像，以确认女儿是如何受伤的，但该机构拒绝提供，称他们没有权限公开这些录像。
According to Seo's lawyer, Seo's mother had asked to see CCTV footage to establish how her daughter had been injured, but the facility refused, saying they were not authorised to release it.
因此，她的母亲将徐某接回家，并决定让她离开该机构。直到徐某被告知不必再回到那里，她才向母亲透露了遭受性虐待的实情，随后母亲向警方报案。
As a result, her mother brought her home and decided to withdraw her from the facility. It was only after Seo was told that she would not have to return to the home that she disclosed the sexual abuse to her mum, who then reported it to the police.
“我被告知不必再回‘赛克东园’，所以我觉得可以安全地开口了。”徐某通过律师向BBC表示。
"I thought it was safe to speak because I was told I didn't have to go back to Saekdongwon," Seo told the BBC via her lawyer.
当被问及她是如何独自熬过那么多年的时候，她说：“我只是硬撑了下来。”随后，警方对徐某陈述的调查范围扩大到了其他住户。
When asked how she had managed on her own for so many years, she said: "I just endured it." A police investigation into Seo's account was then widened to other residents.
他们发现了至少另外两名据称的受害者，其中包括李美娜，她表示自己也曾被金某强奸。本月早些时候，一名法官认定三名受害者的证词可信。
They found at least two other alleged victims, including Lee Mi-Na, who said that she was also raped by Kim. Earlier this month, a judge found all three victims' testimony credible.
金某因强奸李美娜和徐某被判处15年监禁，比检察官最初要求的刑期少了五年。他否认所有指控，并已对该判决提出上诉。
He was sentenced to 15 years in jail for raping Lee and Seo, five years less than the original sentence prosecutors were asking for. He has denied all allegations and has since appealed the ruling.
对于第三名受害者，金某被认定犯有较轻的性暴力罪。法官表示，针对她的强奸指控被撤销，因为无法找到确凿证据表明“使用了使受害者无法反抗的暴力或威胁”。
For the third victim, Kim was found guilty of a lesser charge of sexual violence, with the judge saying the charge of rape against her was dropped as they could not find conclusive evidence that "force or threats [were used] that rendered the victim unable to resist".
由残障权益团体及其他公民团体组成的联合应对委员会批评了这一判决，称受害者抵抗侵害的能力不应影响其获得的判决结果。该委员会还批评了调查过程，指出未能识别出更多潜在受害者。
A joint response committee made up of disability rights and other civic groups have criticsed this ruling, saying a victim's ability to resist an assault should not impact the verdict they receive. The committee has also criticised the investigation process, saying there was a failure to identify more potential victims.
去年11月，在最初的虐待指控提出后，江华郡地方政府委托又石大学的一个团队对色东园的居民进行了深入评估。
In November last year, following the initial allegations of abuse, local authorities from Ganghwa County had commissioned a team from Woosuk University to conduct an in-depth assessment of Saekdongwon's residents.
提交法庭作为证据的报告发现，许多其他居民——至少10人——可能曾遭到金某的性侵。但在审判过程中，法院并未回应这一发现。
The report, which was submitted to the court as evidence, found indications that many more residents - at least 10 - could have been sexually assaulted by Kim. But during the trial, the court did not address this finding.
据当地媒体报道，警方在询问居民时难以确定涉嫌虐待的细节，因为大多数居民有严重残疾，沟通困难。据报道，一些居民给出的回答与问题无关，或者根本不作答。金某未回应关于他可能虐待更多居民的指控。
According to local media reports, police had struggled to establish details of alleged abuse when interviewing residents, because most of them had severe disabilities and faced difficulties communicating. Some residents reportedly gave answers unrelated to the questions or did not respond at all. Kim has not responded to allegations that he may have abused more residents.
领导又石大学研究团队的全智秀（音）教授告诉BBC，调查人员“只采纳了能用完整句子描述虐待经历的人的陈述”。
Jeon Ji-su, the professor who led the Woosuk research team, told the BBC that investigators had accepted "only the accounts of people who could describe the abuse in complete sentences".
但活动人士表示，这种对口头证词的依赖，导致警方未能将沟通障碍更严重的居民认定为受害者。
But activists said that this reliance on verbal testimony meant the police failed to recognise residents with greater communication difficulties as victims.
韩社会性暴力残障受害者咨询中心的白仁成（音）表示：“如果受害者表达经历的方式不同于我们的预期，国家难道不应更努力地去倾听他们的声音吗？”
"If victims express their experiences differently from the way we expect, shouldn't the state make a greater effort to hear their voices?" said Baek In-seong, of Hansahoe, a counselling centre for survivors of sexual violence with disabilities.
警方表示，“虽然个别案例中可能存在不足，但这不应被视为整个调查工作的代表”。权益团体还批评了其他为金某求情的人。
Police have said that "while there may have been shortcomings in individual instances, these should not be taken as representative of the investigation as a whole". Rights groups have also criticised others who have sought leniency for Kim.
判决宣读前，据称共有13份请求从轻处罚的请愿书被提交给法院。其中一份来自一个社会福利组织，请求法院考虑被告对“福利事业的贡献”。
Ahead of the verdict, a total of 13 petitions seeking leniency were said to have been submitted to the court. One of them, from a social welfare organisation, asked the court to take into account the defendant's "contribution to the welfare sector".
福利倡导团体“Gyeol”谴责这些请愿组织，称：“过去在福利领域的服务不能成为任何人免除责任的理由。”法官在对金某定罪的判决书中指出，其罪行“尤为恶劣”，因为“尽管负有保护和支持受害者权益、防止虐待的职业责任，他却利用与受害者之间的权力不对等来‘满足自己的性欲望’”。
Welfare advocacy group Gyeol condemned the petitioning organisations, saying: "Past service in the welfare sector does not exempt anyone from accountability." The judge's ruling on Kim's conviction stated that his offence was "particularly reprehensible" because "despite his professional duty to protect and support [the victims'] rights and interests and prevent abuse, he exploited the imbalance of power" with his victims to "gratify his own sexual desires".
公众关注与抗议 此案震惊了韩国社会，并引发了关于为何未能在第一时间阻止虐待的质疑。更令人震惊的是，尽管2011年曾推动立法加强对残疾人防范性侵害的法律，虐待仍然发生。
Public scrutiny and protests The case has shocked many in South Korea and raised questions about why the abuse was not prevented in the first place. More shocking is that it happened despite a move in 2011 to strengthen laws to protect people with disabilities from sexual assault.
那一年，根据聋哑儿童学校性虐待真实事件改编的电影《熔炉》上映。在强烈的公众关注和抗议声中，涉事学校被关闭，并因此通过了更严厉的法律。
That was the year a fictional film called Dogani, based on a true story of sexual abuse at a school for deaf children, premiered. Amid intense public scrutiny and protests, the school in question was shut and tougher laws were passed as a result.
这些法律包括：针对残疾人的性犯罪分类更加具体，加重对设施院长和员工犯罪的处罚，以及取消涉及残疾受害者的部分强奸罪的追诉时效。
These included more specific categories of sexual offences against disabled people, harsher penalties for offences committed by facility directors and employees, and the removal of the statute of limitations for some rape offences involving disabled victims.
但在“色东园”案中，尽管江华郡——负责监管该设施的地方政府——定期进行检查，虐待行为仍然持续存在。
But in the case of Saekdongwon, the abuse persisted despite regular regular inspections by Ganghwa County, the local authority responsible for overseeing the facility.
一位郡政府官员告诉BBC，此类检查主要集中在文书工作上，只有在出现具体问题时才会对居民进行访谈。
A county official told the BBC that such inspections focused largely on paperwork, and that residents were interviewed only when specific issues arose.
该官员表示，虽然也有外部监督团队，但并未收到员工的任何报告，并对当局未更深入地调查情况表示遗憾。
The official said there had also been an external monitoring team but it had received no reports from staff, and expressed regret that the authorities had not examined the situation more closely.
曾协助部分“色东园”受害者的咨询中心全国协议会代表赵夏（音）表示，她接触的一些家庭曾怀疑存在虐待，但感到无力提出担忧。
Jo Ha, a representative from the national council of a counselling centre who has supported some Saekdongwon victims, said some families she had spoken to had suspected there was abuse but felt unable to raise their concerns.
离开设施意味着家庭必须承担全部照护责任，因为寻找替代安置地点非常困难。
Leaving a facility would mean the family has to take on all care responsibilities, as finding alternative placements is difficult.
一项通过全国残疾人居住设施家长协会进行的调查发现，约六成成功入住居住设施的人等待了至少三年，凸显了获得适当照护的难度。
One survey conducted through a national association of parents of people living in residential facilities for those with disabilities found that around six in 10 people who secured a place in a residential facility had waited at least three years, highlighting the difficulty of accessing appropriate care.
又石大学认知科学研究所所长金允泰教授指出，此类设施对居住者的行为拥有巨大控制权，从饮食、睡眠地点，到医疗服务获取，甚至是否允许外出。
Professor Kim Yoon-tae, the head of Woosuk University's Institute of Cognitive Science, points out that such facilities exercise great control over residents' actions, from what they eat to where they sleep in addition to their access to healthcare and even whether or not to grant they could go outside.
赵夏补充道，虽然“色东园”因虐待规模和持续时间长而成为“里程碑式案例”，但这也绝非孤立事件。
And while Saekdongwon is "a landmark case" because of the scale and duration of the abuse, it is also not an isolated incident, added Jo.
2023年，上诉法院维持了一名工作人员因在永川一设施强奸或性侵两名智力障碍女性而被判处的八年有期徒刑。
In 2023, an appeals court upheld an eight-year prison sentence for a worker who raped or sexually assaulted two women with intellectual disabilities at a facility in Yeongcheon the previous year.
在安城另一起案件中，一名护理院工作人员最近因于2022年反复强奸一名残疾女住户被判处六年有期徒刑。
In a separate case in Anseong, a care home worker was recently sentenced to six years in prison for repeatedly raping a female resident with a disability in 2022.
赵夏表示：“残疾女性遭受的暴力不是个人问题，而是结构性暴力，由性别、残疾、制度化、贫困和社会隔离等重叠层面塑造而成。”“我们想安稳地生活”事发以来，韩国总理下令成立跨部门应对小组，称该事件是“动摇国家存在根基的严重事态”。
"The violence women with disabilities experience is not an individual problem," Jo said. "It is structural violence, shaped by overlapping layers of gender, disability, institutionalisation, poverty and social isolation." 'We want to live in peace' Since the case came to light, South Korea's prime minister has ordered the formation of a cross-government response team, calling the incident "a grave matter that calls into question the very reason for the state's existence".
4月，政府表示已对全国1,507处残疾人居住设施进行检查，发现33起疑似虐待案件。目前已对其中8起展开调查。
In April, the government said it had inspected 1,507 residential facilities for disabled people nationwide and identified 33 suspected cases of abuse. So far investigations have been opened into eight of them.
政府还表示，将根据风险因素加强定向检查，并开展由地方政府、警方和残疾人权益倡导机构参与的联合检查。
The government also said it would strengthen targeted inspections based on risk factors, as well as joint inspections involving local authorities, police and disability rights advocacy agencies.
江华郡已下令彩童园关闭，地方政府吊销了运营该设施的财团执照。但关闭令已推迟执行，直至剩余居民完成搬迁和自立生活安排。
Ganghwa County has ordered Saekdongwon to close and the local government has revoked the licence of the foundation that operated it. However, the closure has been deferred until the remaining residents have been relocated and arrangements for independent living have been completed.
地方政府表示将为所有33名彩童园居民制定个性化自立生活支持计划。该过程仍在进行中。
The local government has said it will draw up individual independent-living support plans for all 33 Saekdongwon residents. That process is still under way.
彩童园已提起行政诉讼，对吊销执照提出异议。对于金某的判决，其尚未发表评论。
Saekdongwon has filed an administrative lawsuit challenging the revocation of its licence. It has yet to comment on Kim's conviction.
当被问及离开彩童园后最大的变化时，徐某说：“我只是感到平静。每天都很快乐。”她还说，最好的事是想吃就吃、想睡就睡。
Asked what had changed most since leaving Saekdongwon, Seo said: "I just feel at peace. I'm happy every day." She also said the best thing was being able to eat and sleep when she wanted.
她现在最想做的是“彻底与院长断绝关系，再也不要有任何瓜葛”。但徐某补充道，残疾人仍然需要一个能让他们感到安全的地方。
What she wanted most now was "to cut ties with the director completely and never have anything to do with him again". But, Seo added, people with disabilities still need somewhere they could feel safe.
“我希望能有一个没有性暴力的设施，让我们这样的残疾人能安心生活。”
"I hope there can be a facility without sexual violence, where disabled people like us can live in peace."