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November 10, 2009, Tuesday
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THE shocking tale of a little girl may lead to some of the biggest changes South Korea has seen in laws on the sexual assault of children.
Na-young, a pseudonym for the girl, was eight when she was abducted, beaten, raped and sexually abused by a 57-year-old man about a year ago.
She lost about 80 percent of her colon and will need a colostomy bag for the rest of her life due to the damage to her internal organs, according to court records.
The assailant Cho Doo-soon was jailed for 12 years. A court said he had diminished capacity for his decisions because he was drunk.
The country was outraged. The fractious parties in the National Assembly reached a moment of rare unity saying that they would work together to increase punishment.
"There are just so many problems with the system and the way it handles the sexual assault of children," said Shin Yee-jin, Na-young's psychiatrist.
The prosecutors office has apologized to Na-young's family for questioning her five times about her ordeal because it failed to properly record interviews.
The Korean Bar Association has launched a committee to look into how prosecutors handled the case.
Rights groups have complained that the country is out of step and does not do enough to punish sex offenders.
Lawmakers will try to put their words into action in the current session of parliament that finishes at the end of the year by increasing penalties for the sexual abuse of children.
Na-young, a pseudonym for the girl, was eight when she was abducted, beaten, raped and sexually abused by a 57-year-old man about a year ago.
She lost about 80 percent of her colon and will need a colostomy bag for the rest of her life due to the damage to her internal organs, according to court records.
The assailant Cho Doo-soon was jailed for 12 years. A court said he had diminished capacity for his decisions because he was drunk.
The country was outraged. The fractious parties in the National Assembly reached a moment of rare unity saying that they would work together to increase punishment.
"There are just so many problems with the system and the way it handles the sexual assault of children," said Shin Yee-jin, Na-young's psychiatrist.
The prosecutors office has apologized to Na-young's family for questioning her five times about her ordeal because it failed to properly record interviews.
The Korean Bar Association has launched a committee to look into how prosecutors handled the case.
Rights groups have complained that the country is out of step and does not do enough to punish sex offenders.
Lawmakers will try to put their words into action in the current session of parliament that finishes at the end of the year by increasing penalties for the sexual abuse of children.
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