50s Vocational Training Teacher Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Intellectually Disabled Person

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] A vocational training teacher has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a person with a disability.

The Women and Juvenile Crime Investigation Unit of the Gwangju Police Agency announced on the 3rd that they have arrested Mr. A, in his 50s, on charges of sexually assaulting a female person with a disability (violation of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes).

The police applied for and obtained an arrest warrant considering the seriousness of the crime, and plan to transfer the case to the prosecution soon.

Mr. A is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a woman who was receiving vocational education from him multiple times from November last year to May this year and illegally filming these acts.

It is reported that Mr. A has admitted to some of the charges, and he has also been dismissed from his workplace.

An organization advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities identified the circumstances of Mr. A’s sexual crimes through interviews with the victim and filed a complaint with the police in May.

Based on the analysis of evidence such as mobile phones seized from Mr. A, the investigating police concluded that the charges are substantiated.

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