"Femi-neun Matado Dwae" Short-cut Woman Convenience Store Part-timer Assaulted by 20s Arrested and Indicted

"Femi are female supremacists who need mental education"... Prosecution classifies as 'hate crime'
Supreme Prosecutors' Office actively investigates 'motive' in hate crime cases... orders strict response

A man in his 20s who indiscriminately assaulted a female convenience store part-timer with short hair, saying "You deserve to be hit because you are a feminist," has been brought to trial.

Capture of the convenience store's internal closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage at the time of the crime. [Image source=Yonhap News]

The Criminal Division 2 of the Jinju Branch of Changwon District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Kwak Geum-hee) indicted Mr. A on the 21st on charges including special injury.

Mr. A is accused of causing a disturbance around midnight on the 4th of this month at a convenience store in Jinju City while intoxicated, throwing products on the floor, and when the victim, Ms. B, tried to report to the police, seizing her phone, placing it in a microwave, and operating it to damage it. He then assaulted Ms. B multiple times with fists and feet, saying, "You deserve to be hit because you are a feminist," causing injuries requiring two weeks of medical treatment.

Additionally, Mr. A is accused of assaulting another victim, Mr. C, a convenience store customer who tried to intervene, by punching him in the face and striking his head with a plastic chair, saying, "Why don't you take the man's side? That woman is a feminist," causing injuries requiring three weeks of medical treatment.

Investigations revealed that Mr. A held the belief that "feminists are female supremacists who need mental re-education," and thought that Ms. B, who had short hair, fit the appearance of a feminist, expressing his hatred toward her.

The prosecution judged that Mr. A’s violent acts were a typical hate crime committed with animosity toward feminists.

On the same day, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office instructed all prosecutors' offices to thoroughly investigate cases classified as hate crimes, including prior similar offenses and specific motives and circumstances, to consider the motive as an aggravating factor in sentencing, to prosecute in principle, and to actively submit this as sentencing material during the trial stage.

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