Minister of Gender Equality and Family Kim Hyun-sook answers questions related to the murder of a station worker at Sindang Station at the plenary meeting of the Gender Equality and Family Committee held at the National Assembly on the morning of the 16th. Parliamentary photojournalists
It was confirmed that the Seoul Transportation Corporation did not notify the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family in October of last year, when Jeon (31), an employee and perpetrator of a stalking and murder case at Sindang Station, was accused of illegal filming. Under the current law, if the head of a state agency learns that a sexual assault case has occurred, no action has been taken even though he should notify the Minister of Leisure. The Seoul Transportation Corporation explained to the leisure ministry, “We did not know exactly who the victim was.”
Kim Hyun-sook, Minister of Leisure and Leisure Minister Kim Hyun-sook, answered a related question at a plenary meeting of the National Assembly Leisure Committee on the morning of the same day, saying, “The Seoul Transportation Corporation should have notified the Ministry of Leisure since it was a case that was sued for illegal filming in October 2021.” We conveyed the opinion that the Ministry of Recreation and Leisure was not notified because we did not know exactly who the victim was.”
Previously, the victim and Jeon, who was a motive for joining the Seoul Transportation Corporation, were charged with violating the Sexual Violence Punishment Act on October 7 last year due to the victim’s complaint (using cameras, etc., threatening to use filmed materials, etc.) and on January 27 of this year on charges of violating the Act on Punishment of Stalking Crimes, etc. were each charged with The police registered the victim in the Personal Protection 112 system for a month. However, no provisional measures, smart watch payments, or linked patrols were taken. According to the Sexual Violence Prevention Act, when the head of a state agency becomes aware of the fact that a sexual assault case has occurred at the relevant institution, if there is no explicit objection from the victim, the head of the state must notify the Ministry of Recreation without delay and submit measures to prevent recurrence. However, the Seoul Transportation Corporation removed Jeon from his position on October 13 last year when the police notified the start of the investigation, but did not notify the Ministry of Leisure.
Opposition lawmakers inquired regarding the response of the Ministry of Leisure until the Shindang Station incident occurred that day. “I had an opportunity to prevent this case, but I didn’t,” said Eun-hee Cho, a member of the People’s Power Party. The first chance was that the victim filed a complaint with the Seoul Western Police Station in October last year for violating the Act on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes. Wik Sung-gon, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, also said, “The Ministry of Recreation and leisure was aware of this and urgently came up with a countermeasure. What action is the Ministry of Recreation supposed to take?” he asked.
Minister Kim replied, “There is no sanction for failure to notify (the Ministry of Leisure).
Some members of the leisure committee criticized the Minister of Leisure for providing only alternatives that were too dependent on other ministries with the abolition in mind. Minister Kim said, “In serious matters, shouldn’t the Ministry of Recreation and Recreation have to intervene directly and take measures to relieve victims? That’s why the leisure department doesn’t exist.” He said, “The whole thing is not something that the leisure department can do alone.”
When asked, “86% of victims of stalking in their 20s are women,” said Yong Hye-in, a member of the Basic Income Party. I think there is,” he said. In response, Rep. Yong said, “Listening to the minister’s remarks to other lawmakers today, I thought, ‘The minister is the right person to abolish the Ministry of Participation and Leisure.’ It seems very incompetent, and I think that the minister’s incompetence is creating public opinion to abolish the Ministry of Leisure and Leisure.”
Minister Kim also said, “I don’t think the two are at odds,” said Democratic Party lawmaker Han Jun-ho, when asked, “Is the minister’s future role in the abolition of the Ministry of Leisure or in strengthening the functions of the roles in the Ministry?” Minister Kim said, “As you can see from the case of stalking victims, due to the very fragmented service, we feel the limits of efficiently delivering services to the public.” “(The abolition of the Ministry of Leisure) Please understand it as a kind of progressive deconstruction, where you think regarding how to deliver it better.”
Meanwhile, Minister Kim and members of the opposition and leisure committee visited the memorial space for the stalking and murder case at Sindang Station right following the plenary session of the Leisure Committee on the same day to commemorate the victims.
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