China News Agency, Seoul, April 6th (Reporter Zeng Nai) South Korea's "Room N" cybercrime continues. The ruling party and government of South Korea have indicated that they will promote the repeal of the statute of limitations for prosecutions involving child and adolescent sex crimes.

South Korea ’s ruling party, the Common Democracy Party and government officials recently held a consultation meeting on preventing cybercrime in Congress. The ruling party and government of South Korea issued a joint statement saying that they will strengthen punishment for cyber crimes in the digital age.

For sexual crimes involving children and adolescents, the statement stated that it will promote the abolition of the statute of limitations for litigation, consider increasing the upper limit of fixed-term imprisonment for penalties, and set a lower limit for the period of penalty; .

Recently, South Korea's "room N" cybercrime has caused public controversy. According to police investigations, more than 100 victims, including more than 20 minors. The Korean media quoted government data as saying that minor sex offenders in South Korea face an average of only two years in prison. Public opinion calls on the government to increase punishment.

South Korea ’s Deputy Minister of Legal Affairs Kim Woo-soo said that he would conduct a thorough investigation and severely punish the participants in the case of “House N”; he would do his utmost to recover illegal income.

On the 6th, the head of the South Korean Police Agency said that a special investigation team has been set up, and 157 people have been arrested and 25 people have been detained for sexual crimes on social platforms. A number of main suspects in Room N are being traced. Earlier, the police had arrested Zhao Zhubin, one of the main suspects in the case, and several joint criminal suspects. (Finish)