Anxiety is rising as another serial rapist is expected to be released early next month following serial child sex offender Kim Geun-sik (54), who was re-arrested on charges of additional sex crimes just before being released from prison.
In the early 2000s, this is Park Byeong-hwa (39), who sexually assaulted a woman in the Gyeonggi-do area, called 'Suwon Balbali'.
According to the legal community on the 23rd, Park, who is currently serving a sentence in Chungju Prison, is due to complete his 15-year sentence and be released on the 5th of next month.
He committed sexual offenses eight times against women in their twenties in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, between 2005 and 2007.
It was investigated that he targeted women who lived alone in a one-room cluster or were returning home late.
Park, who was arrested by the police and handed over to trial, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in the first trial in January 2008, but the sentence was commuted to 11 years in the second trial.
This judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court.
After DNA analysis, two more female crimes were found, and four years in prison were added.
Meanwhile, it is known that Park wants to stay at a probation facility after being released from prison next month.
As anxiety grew in Gyeonggi-do, including Suwon, Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon said in a state audit on the 18th, "I requested the Minister of Justice to establish a standard for where to live."
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As high-risk sex offenders have been released one after another, the Ministry of Justice has also taken action.
On the 21st, Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon instructed related departments to actively support the National Assembly discussion on measures to restrict employment, such as delivery agencies and proxy drivers, where high-risk sex offenders with high risk of recidivism come into contact with a large number of citizens.
In addition, the Ministry of Justice will also actively apply for and request the Supreme Prosecutor's Office and nationwide probation offices to impose 'work restrictions in specific industries' for those wearing electronic anklets to prevent high-risk sex offenders from getting jobs as delivery agents or surrogate drivers, even before the law is amended. instructed.
In addition, with the case of serial child sex offender Kim Geun-sik as an opportunity, we reviewed whether it is possible to prevent child sex offenders from living within a certain distance from schools and other facilities, as in the US 'Jessica Act'.