The number of sex crimes committed by foreigners is growing, according to an opposition lawmaker.
On the basis of data he received from the Ministry of Justice, Rep. Woo Yoon-keun of the main opposition Democratic Party said a total of 1,289 sex crimes were committed by foreigners from January 2001 to August 2009.
By year, 83 cases were reported in 2001, 103 in 2003, 124 in 2005 and 242 last year. This year, 170 cases have been reported as of the end of August.
More than 510 cases, or about 40 percent, of the total cases resulted in indictments. Woo pointed out that the rate is lower than the country's overall sex crime prosecution rate of 45 percent last year. "It is a serious problem that the number of foreign sexual offenders are surging as well as foreign criminals overall," Woo said.
"The government should come up with preventive measures to the increasing sex crimes committed by expatriates."
Prosecutors are launching a special task force staffed by immigration officials and police detectives, which will specialize in foreign crimes. However, some civic groups are voicing their concerns that the task force may violate foreigners' human rights.
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jimbo1a (59.30.74.91)
10-21-2009 17:24
Interesting that last week this same paper printed an article stating crime by foreigners was on the decrease. A lot has happened in a week. These opposition idiots have just one song to sing. Also interesting to note that 60% of the people arrested were never indicted. Can you say xenophobic police state?
jimbo1a (59.30.74.91)
10-21-2009 17:21
Sounds like the archaeoligist son, littleHyun is have one of his sexual frenzies. Not the first time he has come here to talk about naked men and their penis's. What's the matter LittlArchaeoligist, girls at Purdue laugh at you too much?
johntoe (125.224.84.175)
10-20-2009 19:33
I hope the American soldiers leave first. Youseok's best editorial to date. http://www.youseok.wordpress.com
TheBigHyungNim (173.89.80.182)
10-20-2009 14:17
I hope the Korean government gets off their a$$ and smell the coffee. Because with all these perverted foreigners coming to Korea, they are trying to be dickheads by having sex with minors, raping women, and doing other sex assault-related crimes. They should be locked up in a dirty prison cell with no toilet. The old-fashioned Korean prison system! Put all the foreign sex offenders together in a jail cell naked, and let them ass rape and kill each other!
johntoe (125.224.84.217)
10-20-2009 01:48
And lets see there are 4900 convicted Korean juvenile sex offenders this year in Middle school this year. It took 8 years to get 1,000. It took Koreans 6 months to get 5 times as much. Who is worse? http://www.youseok.wordpress.com
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