Medical student caught for illegal filming in changing room participates in obstetrics and gynecology practice for three consecutive weeks

Attending Classes in the Same Space as Victimized Students for Over Two Months
Ajou University Says "No Way to Disclose Identity Due to Privacy Reasons"

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Jung-wan] It has been revealed that a medical student who was caught installing a camera in a school changing room for illegal filming continued to participate in medical school practices, including obstetrics and gynecology clinical training, afterward.

According to a report by KBS on the 17th, A, a student at Ajou University School of Medicine who was sent to the prosecution without detention last month on charges of illegal filming in June, attended classes in the same space as the victim students for more than two months until early this month.

The report states that A also participated in a three-week obstetrics and gynecology clinical practice. This included outpatient care as well as observing surgeries. It was found that he had close contact with about ten female patients daily.

The problem is that the patients were unaware of this fact. While surgery observation is conducted with patient consent, the fact that a 'suspect of illegal filming' was present was not disclosed. Ajou University explained, "The police did not reveal the suspect's identity citing personal information protection, so we had no way to inform anyone."

Only after rumors about the suspect spread within the school and the controversy grew did the university belatedly conduct an internal investigation and reportedly excluded A from classes earlier this month.

There are also calls for a system that informs limited information about perpetrators to protect victims. Regarding this, lawyer Oh Sun-hee said, "There is a need to establish a system that, upon the victim's request or within the victim's affiliated school or workplace, provides limited information about the perpetrator to protect the victim, prevent secondary damage, and enforce disciplinary actions."

Illegal filming crimes have consistently occurred over the past five years. In particular, since 2021, there has been a resurgence. According to data received by Justice Party lawmaker Jang Hye-young, a member of the National Assembly's Planning and Finance Committee, from the National Police Agency, illegal filming crimes, which had decreased to 5,032 cases in 2020, increased by 23% to 6,212 cases last year, and 5,118 cases occurred up to September this year.

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