SBS 'I Want to Know' examines the daily lives of victims of stalking and retaliation, and weighs the fear and pain they face.
On January 1st, the episode 'Hide and Seek at Your Risk - Demons in Front of My House' will be aired on 'I Want to Know That'.
On the afternoon of December 10, Mr. Shin (pseudonym) was talking on the phone with his wife, who was at home as usual. However, while on the phone, the sound of the doorbell opening the door was heard, and then the wife's screams followed. The assailant, who suddenly came into the house through the open front door that day, wielded a weapon at his wife and elementary school son, and the desperate situation was passed on to her husband, Shin, who was on the phone at the time. The police rushed to the scene immediately after Shin's report, but unfortunately his wife lost his life and his young son was in critical condition.
Four days after the terrible incident, the identity of the killer was revealed. Lee Seok-jun, 26 years old. Surprisingly, he was the perpetrator who made Shin's daughter feel threatened and requested protection. Lee Seok-jun, who imprisoned and assaulted Shin Yang (pseudonym), as well as threatened to kill him. Four days before the murder, he had been reported on charges of kidnapping and detaining Ms. Shin. Even in this situation, Lee Seok-jun persistently found Shin Yang's hometown and committed the crime.
The victim had to hide so that the perpetrator could not find it even after asking the police for help. However, the perpetrator took the victim's family's life as if ridiculing it. It was a foreseen danger enough to receive personal protection, but the tragedy could not be prevented.
Victims are suffering from endless fear even with the protection system in place. Victims of the invisible threat that they cannot live a complete daily life, and that their lives are ultimately destroyed. The production team of 'I Want to Know' met and looked into the lives of numerous victims who are still struggling with stalkers to show the seriousness of that fear.
Among them, Nari, who is doing a mukbang on the Internet, has actively requested help from the production team. Mr. Nari has been collecting materials related to the perpetrator, from the creepy threatening text message sent by the perpetrator saying, 'I do not know there is a camera in the room,' to the photos of evidence that the perpetrator has appeared around the house. The reason she has to do this is because the victim can only get help from the police if the victim proves that the perpetrator is threatened.
Even though Mr. Nari has clearly expressed his intention to report it to the police, and even though it is a criminal act, why on earth does the perpetrator not stop threatening? The production team decided to wait for the threat of the perpetrator together with Nari. A suspicious vehicle appeared around Mr. Nari while he was camping away from home. A dizzying and dangerous chase ensued in the middle of the night to identify suspicious vehicles hovering around the campsite.
With the enforcement of the Stalking Punishment Act after the murder of three mothers and daughters in Nowon-gu, the number of reports of victims has increased fivefold, and the number of requests for personal protection continues to rise. The police also acknowledged the poor response revealed in a series of violent stalking crimes and are coming up with various solutions. Will these efforts be able to eliminate the fear of the victims?
The victims that the production team of 'I Want to Know' met were feeling threatened and anxious even in their own home, which should be the safest place in the world.
The victims complained of pain, saying they did not know why the victim, not the perpetrator, had to hide in fear that nowhere was safe.
Victims who are being protected from crimes, but have to take care of themselves as if it was their own fault.
On the other hand, the perpetrators freely roam around the victim as if ridiculing the law, saying that a restraining order only has to pay a fine.
Does the current personal protection system really help people who are victims of crime?
Also, is it effective in preventing possible violent crimes?
In 'I Want To Know', we trace the murder case in Songpa-gu that occurred during personal protection on the 10th, and look closely at the daily lives of victims who are using the personal protection system due to stalking and retaliatory crimes, and learn about the fear and pain they feel. Find out about
And we consider whether the hide-and-seek game, which risked the lives of the victims, only ends when someone dies, and how to protect the victims from invisible threats.
'I Want to Know' airs on January 1 at 11:10 pm.
(SBS Entertainment News reporter Kang Seon-ae)