"YouTubers' Broadcast Competition Causes Distress to Residents, Not Jo Doo-soon," Ansan Mayor Appeals

"Please Maintain Mature Civic Awareness" Request
95 Noise Complaints from Jodusun's Residential Area Between the 12th and 14th

Yoon Hee-seop, Mayor of Ansan City, is giving a greeting at the "Meeting to Establish Measures to Prevent Recidivism of Jo Doo-soon" held at Ansan City Hall, Gyeonggi Province, on the morning of September 18. / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] Yoon Heeseop, mayor of Ansan City, appealed, "I ask you to maintain mature civic consciousness," saying that residents are suffering due to YouTubers broadcasting in front of the house of Jo Doo-soon (68), a minor sex offender. Earlier, on the 12th, when Jo Doo-soon was released after serving his full sentence, some YouTubers reportedly caused a commotion while filming near the residential area where Jo Doo-soon lives.

In an interview with MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' on the 14th, Mayor Yoon said, "YouTubers are competitively broadcasting until late at night," adding, "It is not Jo Doo-soon who is suffering, but the residents who are suffering because of Jo Doo-soon, and they are very distressed by these situations."

He continued, "I would like to take this opportunity to ask everyone to maintain mature civic consciousness that considers our citizens even a little."

Mayor Yoon also argued for the necessity of introducing the 'Protective Custody System,' citing the great anxiety among Ansan citizens regarding Jo Doo-soon. The Protective Custody System is a system that confines habitual murderers, sex offenders, or child sex offenders who have completed their sentences in separate isolation facilities for up to 10 years instead of prison.

Regarding this, he emphasized, "When heinous criminals such as child sex offenders with a high risk of reoffending, habitual sex offenders, and serial murderers are released after serving their full sentences, they need social adaptation and treatment to prevent recidivism," and added, "We must introduce the Protective Custody System."

The official vehicle carrying child sex offender Jo Doo-soon, who was released after serving his sentence, was blocked by some citizens and YouTubers while leaving the Ansan Probation Center of the Ministry of Justice in Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do on the morning of the 12th. / Photo by Yonhap News

Meanwhile, Jo Doo-soon, who was released on the 12th after serving his full sentence, boarded a van at around 6:50 a.m. from the Southern Seoul Detention Center in Guro-gu, Seoul, and headed to Ansan, Gyeonggi Province. As news of Jo Doo-soon's release spread, some YouTubers held rallies in front of the detention center from the previous day (the 11th), shouting at the van carrying Jo Doo-soon and even running alongside the vehicle, evading police restraint.

Some YouTubers also gathered in the alleys of the residential area where Jo Doo-soon is staying to film videos. According to media reports, it is estimated that more than 150 YouTubers entered the residential alleys on the 12th.

They wandered the alleys with the intention of "punishing Jo Doo-soon" and caused disturbances in exchange for donations from viewers.

YouTubers competing in broadcasting near the residential area where Jo Doo-soon lives in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, on the 13th. / Photo by Yonhap News

According to multiple media reports, in the afternoon of that day, a young man A from Suwon was caught trying to climb the wall by using a gas pipe behind the building where Jo Doo-soon lives.

YouTuber B ordered and ate jajangmyeon in front of Jo Doo-soon's house in a so-called 'Jo Doo-soon house front mukbang,' and another YouTuber C, seeing this, confronted B with the remark "Is this even a broadcast?" and assaulted B, resulting in C's arrest.

Additionally, three YouTubers who kicked the escort vehicle carrying Jo Doo-soon and broke the front windshield were booked on charges of obstructing official duties.

As the commotion continued around Jo Doo-soon's residence, a total of 95 noise-related complaints were reported to the police from the 12th until around 6 a.m. on the 14th.

The police stated that if illegal acts, excessive behavior, or noise complaints from residents occur, they will strictly investigate and punish according to the law.

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