Social Service Worker and Male Middle School Student Prosecuted for Forcing Female Middle School Student into Prostitution

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] The Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office's Women and Children Crime Investigation Division (Chief Prosecutor Kim Bong-jun) announced on the 13th that they have arrested and indicted three individuals, including social service worker A (21) and accomplice B (21), on charges of forcing runaway female middle school students into prostitution and facilitating it (violation of the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles Against Sexual Abuse), and have indicted middle school student C (14) without detention.

They are accused of forcing two runaway female middle school students into prostitution a total of 13 times between July 21 and 27 of this year. It was investigated that they took the middle school girls in a van, drove around Uijeongbu City in Gyeonggi Province and Seoul, stopped the vehicle in secluded areas, and demanded prostitution.

The prosecution applied charges of violating the Act on the Punishment of Acts of Arranging Sexual Traffic, etc., against A and B, who are suspected of facilitating another victim (19 years old) to engage in prostitution a total of 10 times between June and July this year.

During the investigation, the prosecution also confirmed that A had sexual relations with a 14-year-old victim and added charges of statutory rape of a minor. It was also confirmed that B committed unlicensed driving three times at the end of July this year.

Earlier, the Nowon Police Station in Seoul initiated an investigation following the victim's complaint, booked the suspects at the end of last month, and transferred the case to the prosecution.

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