While Suwon serial rapist Park Byung-hwa (39) has not been seen for two days in a studio in Bongdam-eup, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, where he lives after being released from prison, it is said that Park told the probation officer Chil-gwan in charge, "I have no plans to go out for at least a month." I lost.
Park is currently wearing an electronic anklet and is restricted from going out from midnight to 6 am.
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About 50 parents of nearby elementary schools held a press conference on the morning of the 1st with Myeong-geun Jeong, the mayor of Hwaseong City, in front of the studio where Mr. Park lives, demanding Mr. Park's eviction.
They said, "I am opposed to the residence of rapists in this area where education is concentrated." "Bongdam was a good place to raise children with elementary, middle and high schools. But the news that sex offenders live within a 1km radius of Bongdam upset the area." raised.
He said, "How will the Ministry of Justice take responsibility if a terrible sexual offense occurs again among our children living here?" "I asked who the hell allowed Park Byeong-hwa to live here without considering the surrounding environment of a university district or an educational area. I want to,” he exclaimed.
Park's residence is a one-room village located just 100 meters from the back gate of a nearby university, and it takes less than a minute by car to get to the back gate of the school.
There is also an elementary school about 500 meters away.
Also, along the alleyways, three to four-story one-room buildings are clustered together, and mainly students and workers working in nearby industrial complexes reside there.
The family of the owner of the one-room apartment in which Park moved in broke out in anger yesterday, saying, "On the morning of [Park Byeong-hwa's release], I found out about Park Byeong-hwa's move in through the village head."
According to the building owner, on the 28th, Park's biological mother came with a real estate agent from Suwon to sign a monthly rental contract.
At that time, it was confirmed that Park's mother did not notify the building owner of Park's move-in in advance.
The owner of the building said, "If I had known that Mr. Park was coming, he would never have given me a room."
In response, some netizens criticized Park's biological mother through article comments.
The question is whether it is the right thing to do as a parent to provide a residence for Mr. Park, who committed a sex crime against a woman who lives alone in a studio in an area where elementary, middle and high school and university are densely populated.
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On the other hand, the police are also working rotationally by dispatching one company manpower (80 people) to the site today.
The city of Hwaseong is also installing additional street lights by placing a small container in front of the studio to minimize residents' anxiety.
Previously, Park was arrested and sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping 10 women in their 20s by breaking into villas in Gwonseon-gu and Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si from 2002 to 2007, and was released yesterday.