In the process of resisting sexual harassment, the actions of a woman who bite a man's tongue and amputated are not subject to criminal punishment, and the police are drawing attention.



The Busan Southern Police Department said it came to this conclusion as a result of investigating the case of'Hwangnyeongsan tongue amputation' that occurred in July this year.



The incident was about 9:25 am on July 19, when a woman A bit the tongue of a man B in a car parked on the mountain road at Hwangnyeongsan Mountain, Nam-gu, Busan, and the tip of her tongue was amputated about 3 cm.



Mr. A insisted on self-defense in the process of responding to Mr. B's forced harassment, and Mr. B insisted that the act was consensual and asked to punish women for serious injury.



The police said that the investigation of the case confirmed that Mr. B was forcibly harassed.



The police said, "We made this conclusion by investigating the vehicle black box and closed circuit (CC) TV."



The police saw that women's actions were not subject to punishment.



As a result of the opening of the self-defense review committee, the tongue amputation was judged to be an act of being exempted under Article 21, Paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code, although it is'over-defense' beyond self-defense.



Article 21, Paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code stipulates that "when the defensive act exceeds the degree and the act occurs at night or in a psychologically unstable state of fear, astonishment, or excitement, no punishment will be given."



The police said this judgment was meaningful in that it provided women's defenses against sexual crimes.



Meanwhile, in Busan, Choi Mo, a woman in her 70s, who was sentenced to prison for serious injuries by biting the tongue of a man who tried to rape her, has requested a retrial after 56 years.



On May 6, 1964, when he was 18 years old, Choi was imprisoned under the Busan District Law for two years probation in October on charges of biting his tongue and cutting 1.5cm (at the time, 21 years old) who tried to rape him. I was sentenced.



Choi argued that it was self-defense against sexual assault, but the court did not admit it. Rather, Mr. Roh was sentenced to two years of probation in June, a lighter imprisonment than Choi on charges of invading special housing and special threats, excluding attempted rape.



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