Convicted child rapist Cho Doo-soon was taken into immediate custody on Wednesday after being sentenced to prison time for repeatedly leaving his home in violation of court-ordered curfew restrictions.
Prosecutors on Wednesday asked a court to sentence Cho Doo-soon, a convicted child sex offender, to two years in prison and order psychiatric treatment after he repeatedly violated restrictions barring him from leaving home.
The personal information of convicted child rapist Cho Doo-soon has been removed from the government-run sex offender registry, following the expiration of the mandated disclosure period.
A case involving a high school senior who followed a first-grade girl into a restroom has drawn public outrage after police said it was “difficult to apply the charge of attempted sexual assault.”
A man wearing an electronic ankle monitor has been charged and detained for sexually assaulting a woman after she broke up with him upon learning about his criminal background.
A local court ordered Cho Doo-soon, a convicted child sex offender, to undergo a monthlong psychiatric evaluation, citing concerns over his recent behavior.
High-risk sex offenders will be restricted to living in state-run accommodation facilities under a bill approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday.
Prosecutors on Sunday obtained an arrest warrant for a 54-year-old serial sex offender due to be released from prison on Monday.
The Ministry of Justice and the police are under fire for their failure to stop a man with a lengthy criminal record from killing two women despite wearing a location-tracking ankle monitor.
A website run by internet vigilantes is under investigation for going after alleged sex offenders, which led to the suicide of a university student in July.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap
