"Should I Call Your Parents or the Police?" Elementary Student Threatened and Forced to Take Nude Photos

Sex Crime Conviction for Producing Sexual Exploitation Material and Sexual Harassment Under the Pretext of Post Plagiarism
Approached as a Public Official, Pretended to Be a Teenager to Coerce... Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Lee Gyehwa] A man in his 20s who threatened an elementary school student under the pretext of post plagiarism to produce sexually exploitative materials and committed sexual violence has been sentenced to prison.

On the 24th, the Criminal Division 12 of Daejeon District Court (Presiding Judge Na Sanghoon) announced that A (28), who was indicted for violating the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles from Sexual Abuse (production and distribution of sexually exploitative materials, etc.), was sentenced to 5 years in prison. The court also ordered A to wear an electronic monitoring device (electronic anklet) for 6 years.

A is accused of approaching B (12) in early February through a KakaoTalk open chat room and threatening her by saying, "I am an officer at the Juvenile Crime Task Force. A report has been filed that you plagiarized posts from another open chat room. Your parents must appear at the police station, but if you want to cancel the report, you must send nude photos," coercing her to take nude photos and send them to him.

A is also charged with sexually molesting B three times until early March, including touching her body when meeting her under the pretense of deleting police report data if she underwent a physical examination, in violation of the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes.

A reportedly played a "dual role" by first intimidating B by claiming to be a public official and then persuading her by pretending to be a teenager, thereby making B produce sexually exploitative materials and engage in similar sexual acts.

The court stated, "The defendant has been sentenced to imprisonment for sexual violence crimes and committed sexual violence again less than four years after completing his prison term, showing a pattern of habitual offenses," and added, "The sexual offender risk assessment scale indicated a high risk of recidivism." The court further explained the sentencing by saying, "Considering the meticulous and premeditated nature of the crime targeting a vulnerable minor female, the method was malicious and the crime was serious."

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