It is judged today (6th) whether Son Jung-woo (24), the operator of the world's largest child sexual exploitation site'Welcome to Video', will be returned to the United States.

The 20th Division of Detective Seoul's High Court will hold a third interrogation today to determine the repatriation of Mr. Son to the United States.

The court originally planned to decide whether to deliver Mr. Son after the second interrogation on the 16th of last month, but deferred the decision because it needed an additional hearing.

At the time, Mr. Son attended the court in person and appealed to the court to prevent repatriation to the United States, saying, "If I could be punished again in Korea, I would receive any medium sentence."

Son runs a'Welcome to Video' site on the Dark Web, which can only be accessed using a special browser from July 2015 to March 2018. The charges were imposed in March 2018 for allegedly distributing exploitation.

The first trial sentenced Mr. Son to three years of probation and released three years in prison, but the second trial was confined while sentenced to one year and six months in prison.

Soon, who had not been filed with the Supreme Court and was sentenced to death in May of last year, was scheduled to be released on April 27 of this year, but was sent to prison again after an Indian warrant for repatriation was issued.

The ongoing charges of handing offenses against extradition are limited to'international money laundering'.

Allegations of child pornography convicted in domestic courts under the extradition treaty and law of criminals are excluded from punishment in the United States.

However, Mr. Son opposes the repatriation by saying, "There is actually no guarantee that the charges for domestic punishment will not be punished again."

The alleged crime of stealing money, which is the alleged target for extradition, also claims that "if you are prosecuted at this stage, you can be punished in Korea."

According to the extradition law, it is a reason to refuse delivery if it is being tried or confirmed in a domestic court.

In fact, Mr. Son's father recently sued the prosecution for suspicion that the prosecution has not prosecuted Mr. Son in the past to prevent his son from returning to the United States.

On the other hand, the prosecution said that there was no problem with the repatriation, saying that "the purpose of the humanitarian law can only punish the crimes led by it."

There is no objection procedure because the India screening is a single trial system.

If the court today decides to grant permission for delivery and is approved by the Attorney General, US enforcement agencies come into the country and take the party within a month.

Conversely, if an unacceptable decision is made, Mr. Son is immediately released.

(Photo = Yonhap News)