China News Service, May 24. According to Korean media reports, South Korea’s Ministry of Justice and Ansan City, etc. revealed on the 20th that in the past 4 months, the authorities had been released from prison in order to monitor and manage the prototype criminal Zhao Doo-soon of the Korean movie "Sowon". Over 200 million won has been spent.
According to reports, the South Korean legal department paid 26.5 million won in labor costs to a staff member responsible for carrying out the one-to-one protection and observation of Cho Doo-soon.
During the same period, the labor cost of the 12 petitioning police officers on the scene was over 147 million won, and the cost of setting up the two outposts and ancillary facilities was over 49.86 million won.
In total, in the past 4 months, Cho Doo-soon’s budget for monitoring and management fees reached nearly 224 million won.
In January, someone asked Zhao Douchun to pay the petitioning police's labor costs and the cost of installing closed-circuit televisions.
However, Ansan City stated that it is “difficult to advance from the current laws.”
Cho Doo-sun was sentenced to 12 years in prison in September 2009 for allegedly kidnapping, raping, and hurting elementary school students in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, in December 2008.
He was released from prison after serving his sentence on December 12, 2020.
His release from prison caused public resentment.