Fine Imposed on Man in His 30s Who Entered Public Changing Room to Peep on Women Undressing

Ulsan District Court / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Hee-eun Park] A man in his 30s was fined 3 million won for breaking into a public changing room to spy on a woman changing clothes in the adjacent stall.

On the 26th, Jeon Ki-heung, Chief Judge of Criminal Division 6 at Ulsan District Court, sentenced A (34, male), who was tried for violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes (trespassing in a multi-use facility for sexual purposes), to a fine of 3 million won. He also ordered A to complete 40 hours of a sexual violence treatment program and imposed a one-year employment restriction at institutions related to children and adolescents.

The court explained the sentencing by stating, "We comprehensively considered the circumstances leading to the crime, the motive and content of the offense, the defendant's age, and the situation after the crime."

According to the police investigation, on August 9 last year, A discovered a hole in a public changing room set up at a valley in Ulju-gun, Ulsan City, through which he could peek into the adjacent women's changing room. Subsequently, A secretly watched women changing clothes through the hole.

A was aware of others' gazes and briefly left the changing room but was found to have re-entered the public changing room with the intent to spy on the women's changing room again.

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