Chairman Han Dong-hoon Visits CCTV Integrated Control Center in Gwangjin Hwayang-dong
Promotes Korean-style Jessica Act Restricting Residences of High-Risk Offenders
Plans to Increase Cybercrime Investigation Personnel by 1,000
The People Power Party proposed election pledges including the introduction of a ‘Safe Address’ system to protect victims of stalking and other crimes, the establishment of life imprisonment without parole, and strengthening of punishments.
On the 20th, Han Dong-hoon, the emergency response committee chairman of the People Power Party, announced the ‘A Safe Republic of Korea for Citizens’ pledge at the integrated CCTV control center located in Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu. The announced pledges mainly consist of preventing heinous crimes and strengthening punishments, as well as enhancing responses to cybercrime.
First, the People Power Party decided to introduce the ‘Safe Address’ system to protect victims. This system replaces the actual residential address on the resident registration of victims of stalking, domestic violence, sexual violence, and dating violence with a virtual address to prevent exposure of the victim’s real residence and thereby reduce the risk of secondary harm such as retaliatory crimes. Additionally, they plan to support the installation of motion detection sensors around gas pipes on walls of vulnerable multi-family, multiplex, and multi-unit housing to prevent break-ins, provide ‘Safe Item Sets’ including portable SOS emergency bells, and expand the installation of ‘Safe Unmanned Parcel Lockers’ to strengthen crime prevention and personal information protection.
They also announced pledges to replace outdated CCTVs and secure safe routes home by installing ‘Companion Bells’ linked to the integrated CCTV control center.
They promised to establish life imprisonment without parole for those who commit serious crimes such as murder, and to strictly punish and limit sentence reductions for crimes targeting socially vulnerable groups such as stalking, domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual violence, applying a zero-tolerance policy. They also pledged to create punishment regulations for acts that announce indiscriminate crimes against unspecified masses online. Furthermore, they promised to enact the ‘Korean-style Jessica Law,’ which designates the residences of high-risk repeat offenders who repeatedly commit sexual crimes against unspecified individuals as facilities operated by the state and mandates drug treatment.
They pledged to substantially guarantee victims’ rights to testify under Article 27 of the Constitution by expanding the scope and methods of victim statements in criminal procedures. To this end, they plan to strengthen victims’ rights to access records, establish victim rooms within courts to protect victims by separating them from perpetrators, and guarantee the right to attend trials. Through amendments to the Criminal Procedure Act and others, they also plan to restore the complainant’s right to appeal, guaranteeing the ‘right to objection’ against police decisions not to prosecute.
To prevent cybercrime, they plan to increase the number of specialized cybercrime investigation personnel by 1,000 and promote the establishment of a dedicated agency. Additionally, to eradicate digital sexual crimes, they intend to expand undercover investigations, currently limited to digital sexual crimes against children and adolescents, to include adult women, thereby strengthening prevention of digital sexual crimes. They also plan to intensify crackdowns on illegal content sites related to online gambling crimes, gambling advertisements on personal broadcasting platforms, and strengthen systems for the prompt deletion and blocking of related sites.
Meanwhile, the People Power Party initially announced the event name for the pledge announcement as ‘A Safe Republic of Korea for Women,’ but later revised and re-announced it as ‘A Safe Republic of Korea for Citizens’ on the same day.
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