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40-year-old chief who continued to sexually speak and act on a young female trainee over the age of 10 and showed pornography was passed to trial. The 1st and 2nd trials were convicted of not being molested using the status of boss, but the Supreme Court overturned them guilty.

Reporter Park Won-kyung tried to understand what it means.

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In 2016, Mr. A, the head of a small and medium-sized business, frequently showed pornography on a computer or sexually joked to Mr. B, a newly hired employee.

He acted to suggest sexual activity to Mr. B, or touched Mr. B's hair and made inappropriate comments.
When she looked at Mr. B by tapping on his shoulder, he also made sexual acts and comments.

When Mr. B protested, he left his job or worked overtime.

When these things continued, Mr. B, who had even been diagnosed with depression, left the company in a year.

Mr. A was prosecuted for sexual harassment for his business powers, and the first and second trial courts were acquitted.

The company's hierarchical order was not strong, and Mr. B also had no business power, such as expressing his intention to refuse.

I even judged that it wasn't sexual intention to touch my hair, but to make sure it really felt.

The Supreme Court said the judgment was wrong and sent the case to the second trial.

Sexual remarks and actions against the victim's intention are molestation, and the power is recognized in the business relationship.

[Attorney Yoon-mi Jang / Public Affairs Officer of the Korean Women's Lawyers Association: A ruling that interprets the scope of violence by force from the victim's point of view and shows that it can be criminally punished even in areas not normally regulated by criminal punishment in the workplace ( It is interpreted as.)]

This ruling seems to have nothing to do with the atmosphere of the legal community that actively reflects gender sensitivity.

(Video editing: Seungjin Lee)