Electronic Monitoring Bracelet Man Who Committed Sexual Assault in Broad Daylight Caught Hiding in Karaoke Room

Man Wearing 'Electronic Ankle Bracelet' with Sex Crime Record
Arrested Again for Sex Crime at the Start of the New Year

A man with a prior sex crime conviction who was wearing an electronic ankle bracelet committed another sex crime at the beginning of the new year.

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On the 2nd, the Songpa Police Station in Seoul announced that they had urgently arrested and were investigating a man in his 40s, Mr. A, on suspicion of violating the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes. Mr. A is accused of following a woman he had never met before around 1:50 p.m. on the 1st in Songpa-gu, Seoul, breaking into her home, committing sexual assault, and fleeing the scene.

After receiving a report from the victim, the police analyzed closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage and collaborated with the Ministry of Justice to track Mr. A’s movements. About three hours after the crime, at around 4:50 p.m., they succeeded in arresting Mr. A, who was hiding in a karaoke room in Songpa-gu, Seoul. It was confirmed that Mr. A was wearing an electronic ankle bracelet at the time of arrest and had a prior record of sex crimes. The police plan to investigate the detailed circumstances of the crime and consider applying for an arrest warrant.

Meanwhile, the number of people under electronic monitoring increased from 3,111 in 2019 to 4,421 in 2022, but during the same period, the number of individuals managed per electronic monitoring staff member rose from 13.6 to 17.1. Experts have been consistently calling for an expansion of probation office personnel.

In response, the Ministry of Justice announced through the "Partial Amendment to the Enforcement Rules of the Ministry of Justice and Its Affiliated Agencies Organization Act" that it will increase personnel necessary for the management and supervision of electronic devices (electronic ankle bracelets) attached to stalking offenders: one additional staff member at the Ministry of Justice, and 20 additional staff members each at probation offices and location tracking control centers.

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