<Anchor> While
everyone is angry with the case of Jung In-i, voices are growing that the law and system should be improved to prevent this from happening again in the future.
Political circles have come up with a number of countermeasures, including strengthening punishment for child abuse, but reporter Han Se-hyun summarized what needs to be pointed out for proper legislation.
<Reporter> There
are measures to prevent abuse by the political world, first of all,'reinforcement of punishment'.
[Sae-gyun Jeong? Prime Minister: Requesting the court to raise the sentencing standards to strongly punish perpetrators of child abuse…
.] The
Supreme Court's sentence for child abuse and fatality is 4 to 7 years.
The prime minister's story is that it's low, so it's a good thing.
In the case of child abuse and fatality, the National Assembly has also proposed a bill to increase the legal sentence for at least 10 years and up to life imprisonment and death penalty.
However, there are also many voices that more proactive measures are needed to protect children rather than a post-mortem, weak-visit approach that strengthens penalties after an outbreak.
That is why the'Child Separation Act', which will be implemented in March, is drawing attention.
If it was deemed inappropriate to return the victim to the home, the local municipality changed it to take immediate protective measures, ie separation from parents.
However, since it is not a mandatory regulation, there is a limit that the tragedy of Jung In-i may be repeated if the head of the local government is not active.
In the National Assembly, a bill has been proposed that requires immediate, long, and mandatory separation of victims from safe facilities.
[Seo Young-gyo/Democratic Party Member (Chairman of the National Assembly Administrative Safety Committee): This is a plan to extend the separation period from 72 hours to 168 hours for (victimized children).
If we change the'return to the original home' bill to'return to a safe environment'...
.] We
need to fix the passive measures of the police, where Jung In is being accused of death.
The ruling and opposition parties have agreed to deal with the so-called'Jung-in Lee Act', which imposes child protection obligations to police officers, and penalties for violations by the 8th.
[Kim Byung-wook/ National Power Council Member (National Assembly Education Committee): Jung In cannot return just because he is sad and angry.
The strength of our youth...
.]
It is pointed out that the law must contain the mandatory separation of children and reinforcement of sentencing, as well as the police officer punishment provisions, as it was difficult to agree due to public opinion.
(Video editing: Yumira)