A sentencing guideline regarding employees of child-care service providers found guilty of sexually abusing adolescents was being drawn up by top court officials on Monday.
According to the Sentencing Commission of the Supreme Court, those found guilty of engaging in sexual activity with a minor or teen with disabilities will be strictly punished.
The commission also announced its plan to prepare sentencing guidelines regarding those found guilty of sexual abuse against a male teen or adolescent, during a discussion on Monday.
The commission plans to settle on a final draft within the following month.
The judiciary is thought to be sharply increasing the penalty in the sentencing guidelines following a recent box-office hit that sparked widespread public outrage against sex crimes and light punishment of offenders.
The commission is also planning to discuss the possibility of strict restraining orders on a perpetrator in the event that they reach a settlement with the victim.
The film “Dogani,” whose English title is “The Crucible,” is based on the true story of teachers at a school for the disabled in Gwangju who abused hearing-impaired students for five years starting in 2000.
By Robert Lee (
robert@heraldcorp.com)
