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Recently, there has been constant criticism that the police do not properly protect those who are protected. So, the police ordered a research service to see what could be improved, and as a result, we obtained a report.



Reporter Hyung-woo Jeon reported exclusively.



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From the murder case in Songpa-gu, Seoul, in which the family of the person to be protected who reported the crime was murdered, to the case where the man next door who broke through the veranda came to the front of the person to be protected and failed to stop it.



The protection system for persons subject to personal protection revealed loopholes one after another.



SBS has secured a service report ordered by the National Police Agency to improve the system.



The key is to expand the subject of access bans and ease the standards for issuing arrest warrants.



First, the report decided that the target of a ban on access, which is a stronger segregation measure than personal protection, should be broadened.



The current restraining order applies only to domestic violence, child abuse, and stalking, so there are many blind spots.



In fact, in the murder case of the family of a guardian in Songpa on the 10th, it was not possible to issue a restraining order because there was no threat.



To prevent this from happening, the research team concludes that if there is a threat or retaliation between lovers, they should be subject to a ban on access.



It was also suggested to put 'fear of harming the victim' as an independent reason for arrest.



This is because 'concern for harm to victims' is only a reference in the current warrant substantive examination, and the courts often do not see it as a reason for detention.



A police official said, "Based on the research results, we have commissioned the study to review the legislation."



However, it is pointed out that it will be difficult to implement measures to strengthen the detention and prohibition of access because the Criminal Procedure Act must be amended.



[Yang Hong-seok / Attorney (Former Police Reform Commissioner): It is not common to tamper with the criminal procedure law.

There are various problems from how to prove 'risk of harm'.] There



may be criticisms of infringement of the suspect's defense rights or excessive expansion of police power, so debate is expected until legalization.



(Video editing: Lee So-young, material provided by: Justice Party lawmaker Lee Eun-ju's office)