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Korea's Commission on Youth Protection wants the faces of sex-offenders against juveniles to be made public. The agency said Wednesday it is pushing for a revision to the current Juvenile Sex Protection Act to have the personal information of repeat offenders who commit sex crimes against minors made available.
Currently the commission is limited to releasing only the names, birth dates and listed addresses of the criminals. But the commission wants legal measures similar to Megan's Law in the United States in which the faces of sex crime convicts, along with their real home addresses can be accessed state by state over the Internet. The Law named after a seven-year-old girl who was raped and killed by a former offender in New Jersey in 1994 allows the release of not only their photos but exact whereabouts and previous criminal records. Korea first introduced the registry system for sex offenders against youth in 2001.
So far some 2,400 names have been posted on the commission's Internet homepage. But youth protection advocates are saying this is not enough that leaving the identity vague shows more consideration for the interests of offenders rather than the victims. A final revision bill is expected to be submitted to the National Assembly in June.
Arirang TV
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