發布日期:2023-01-28 21:11:14
The 31-year-old suspect in the murder of a female Seoul Metro employee at Sindang Station on Line No. 20 shows up for a court hearing at the Seoul Central District Office, Sept. 16. Yonhap
One out of three arrest warrants requested by police in connection with stalking crimes are rejected by the court, data showed Tuesday.
According to statistics from the National Police Agency, police filed for a total of 377 arrest warrants for stalking from last October, when a new act on that type of crime took effect, to August. Of them, 123 requests, or 32.6 percent, were turned downed by the court.
The data was unveiled by Rep. Lee Seong-man of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea.
In comparison, police requested 6,695 arrest warrants in relation to sexual crimes from 2019 to last month and 1,184, or 7.7 percent, were denied by the court.