30s Man Working Part-Time at Study Cafe Accused of Sexual Assault... 6 Victims Reported

Victims Lured by Fake Part-Time Job Posts
6 Victims Sexually Assaulted and Harassed Through Coercion

A man in his 30s who posted false information on an online job site seeking part-time workers for a study cafe and sexually assaulted multiple women, including teenage repeat exam takers who were deceived into coming for interviews, has been arrested and indicted.

On the 27th, the Criminal Division 2 of the Western Branch of the Busan District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Cheon Heon-ju) announced that they had arrested and indicted a man in his 30s, Mr. A, on charges of violating the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles Against Sexual Abuse, violating the Act on the Punishment of Acts Relating to the Mediation of Sexual Traffic, inducing fornication, and violating the Employment Security Act.

At the 'Part-time Job Site Sexual Violence Emergency Press Conference' held at the Busan Sexual Violence Counseling Center in Dongnae-gu, Busan, attendees are urging strict punishment for the perpetrator of sexual violence at the study cafe.
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Mr. A is accused of sexually assaulting six people, including a 19-year-old repeat exam taker, Mr. B, who came after seeing a post seeking part-time workers for a study cafe on an online job site last April.

He impersonated a study cafe staff member and lured the victims, including Mr. B, by telling them to come to a study cafe in Busanjin-gu for an interview. Then, he persuaded them to work at a disguised sexual trafficking establishment by saying, "There is an easier and better job." After that, he took the victims to a disguised sexual trafficking establishment in the adjacent building and committed sexual crimes against them. Mr. B, who suffered mental shock from this incident, took his own life about 20 days later.

The prosecution is continuing to investigate two accomplices who were present at the scene during the incident. The two accomplices were initially sent without detention on charges of violating the Employment Security Act by recruiting employees for the disguised sexual trafficking establishment. A prosecution official said, "We are continuing to investigate the accomplices on charges of assisting Mr. A's sexual crimes," and added, "As a result of additional investigations, we confirmed that there is one more sexual violence victim."

The prosecution explained that Mr. A was responsible for supplying women to the two accomplices who operated the establishment, lured the female victims, and then forcibly raped or sexually assaulted them.

Meanwhile, about 30 women's organizations in the Busan area launched the ‘Countermeasures Committee for Part-time Job Site Sexual Violence Victims (Countermeasures Committee)’ and held a press conference urging severe punishment for Mr. A. The committee raised their voices, saying, "This case is a clear special rape resulting in death, not just rape by coercion," and "The investigation is proceeding without proper legal application." They added, "Despite taking away the precious life of the victim, the two accomplices have not even been detained," emphasizing, "The investigation must no longer proceed centered on the perpetrators."

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