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The government and ruling Uri Party on Friday decided to establish a DNA database of perpetrators of sexual violence and take measures to restrict their employment. The decision was made in an emergency meeting to discuss comprehensive plans to prevent sex crimes, with the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and police officials in attendance among others.
ˇ°There is some concern that a DNA bank may be a violation of civil rights, but we agreed to set up one exclusively for sex offenders as soon as possible,ˇ± Uri lawmaker Choi Jae-cheon said. ˇ°We will also work to introduce a law that allows the personal information of sex offenders to be made public to a certain degree and restricts their employment.ˇ±
They also discussed some measures to protect children and women who are victims of sexual abuse, such as an exclusive investigation room to protect their privacy during investigations and trials. Victims who are children will be entitled to have a public defender and provide their testimony on video.
Choi said that many of those in the meeting did not like the idea of electronic tagging of sex offenders because they thought that after making their personal information public, the tagging would not have much of an added effect. ˇ°But the majority of the public want such a system, and we will consider introducing it conditionally,ˇ± he added.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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