Third National Assembly Public Petition on the 'n번방' Case Referred to Standing Committee

Jo Joo-bin, the main perpetrator of the Nth Room case who produced and sold illegal sexual exploitation videos on Telegram, is heading to a transport vehicle on the morning of the 25th at Jongno Police Station in Seoul to be transferred to the prosecution. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] A national petition requesting stronger punishment and disclosure of personal information for perpetrators of the Telegram 'Nth Room' case was referred to the relevant standing committee of the National Assembly on the 16th.

The National Assembly announced that the petition titled "Strengthening Punishment and Disclosure of Personal Information for Sexual Crimes Against Minors via Telegram," registered on the National Assembly's national petition site on the 23rd of last month, was referred in the afternoon to the Women and Family Committee, the relevant standing committee, as well as the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, the Science, Technology, Information and Communications Committee, and the Public Administration and Security Committee.

The referred petition will undergo review by the petition review subcommittees of each standing committee and may be adopted in various forms such as legal amendments or system improvements, then submitted to the plenary session for deliberation and processing. This petition is the third national petition related to the Nth Room case to be referred to a standing committee of the National Assembly.

The National Assembly requires that petitions with the consent of 100,000 people within 30 days be referred to the relevant standing committee for review alongside related agenda items.

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