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the'Jeong In-i Incident' that caused a lot of people's resentment, measures to prevent child abuse and legislation are being discussed one after another.
Reporter Lee Hyun-young reports.
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Prime Minister Chung Sye-gyun mentioned the need to'strengthen punishment' at an emergency ministerial meeting in response to child abuse presided over at the Seoul Government Complex.
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Prime Minister Chung said he would ask the court to raise the criteria for the Supreme Court's sentence for child abuse and fatality, which is 4 to 7 years old.
In the case of child abuse and fatality, the National Assembly has also proposed a law to increase the statutory sentence to at least 10 years and to a maximum life imprisonment and death penalty.
The'Child Separation Act', which will be implemented in March, is also drawing attention.
If it was determined that it was inappropriate to send the victim back home, the local government has changed it so that the local government can take immediate protective measures, that is, separation from the 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.
Regarding the passive measures of the police in whom Jung-in is accused of death, the ruling and opposition parties have agreed to deal with the so-called'Jung-in Lee Act', which has a child protection obligation to police officers and penalties for violations, until the 8th and the day after tomorrow. .
It is pointed out that the Jung In-i Act should contain the mandatory separation of children and reinforcement of sentencing along with the police officer punishment provisions.