Will the Personal Information of Victim Bae Seung-ah Be Disclosed... Ha Tae-kyung "Considering Bill Proposal"

"If Current Law Prohibits, Will Propose Legislation"

On the 9th, regarding the incident in Daejeon where 9-year-old Bae Seung-ah tragically died in a drunk driving accident, Ha Tae-kyung, a member of the People Power Party, raised his voice, stating that "the identity of the perpetrator who caused Bae's death must also be disclosed." He also announced that he is considering proposing the 'Malicious Drunk Driver Identity Disclosure Act.'

On the 13th, Ha posted on his social media, "Yesterday, the identities of Yoo Sang-won and Hwang Eun-hee, the couple behind the Gangnam kidnapping and murder case, were disclosed. This was a measure for the prevention of similar crimes and for the public interest. If the purpose of identity disclosure is such, then the identity of the perpetrator who killed Bae through drunk driving should also be disclosed," he said.

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Having proposed the 'Yoon Chang-ho Act' in 2018, he said, "Over the past five years, our society has shared the value that drunk driving is equivalent to murder. Nevertheless, a horrific drunk driving accident occurred this time," adding, "Driving under the influence without brakes in broad daylight near an elementary school, in other words, murder driving, cannot be addressed by simply increasing the sentence; additional solutions are necessary."

The disclosure of the identity of malicious drunk drivers is exactly that solution. He stated, "The current criteria for identity disclosure are 'cases where the method of the crime is cruel and significant damage has occurred,'" and added, "I am requesting the police to respond whether the Bae case meets the criteria for identity disclosure. If the police interpret that the Bae case qualifies for identity disclosure, I will not propose a separate law, but if the police conclude that identity disclosure is not possible under current law, I will immediately propose the Malicious Drunk Driver Identity Disclosure Act."

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