Kim Seongryong and the "Me Too" movement

[sorin]

Are you sure about the 6 month thing? I recall reading that the alleged victim wasn't interested in making him go to jail, but might press charges if Kim doesn't apologize since it's been less than 10 years, which i think is the limit. IIRC, this is from words of the victim's friend.

I also heard that South Korea has a 6 month limit for rape victims to sue.
So indeed in this case justice in the legal sense is not what the petition is about, but it is about justice in the moral sense.

[Kirby]

I don't know if this guy is accurate, but he seems to disagree:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/klawguru.c ... -rape/amp/

1. “The statute of limitations is 6 months…”

I say: No. Before June 2013, it used to be that a victim had to file a criminal complaint (고소) to the police/prosecution within 6 months of having fallen victim. FYI, a statute of limitations (공소시효) is something entirely different. (e.g., It’s when the police/prosecution have no leads, and finally the perpetrator cannot be prosecuted. Also, it’s not 6 months. For rape perpetrated against an adult, it’s always been 10 years!)

I'll see if I can find that quote related to this case about the victim.

[Kirby]

Here it is:
http://www.tvbaduk.com/news/news_view.a ... _no=524235

강간죄는 공소시효가 10년이라 아직 시효가 남아있는 걸로 안다”고 말했다.

The statute of limitations for rape is 10 years, so there's still time for legal action.

That being said, the article suggests that the alleged victim is mostly interested in an apology rather than legal action.

[Kirby]

I found this page:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co ... s-43193816

이전에는 성범죄가 '친고죄'로 규정돼 성폭력(강간·강제추행) 피해자가 성폭력을 당한 뒤 6개월 이내 신고하고 처벌 의사를 명시해야 처벌이 가능했었다.

그러나 2013년 6월 19일 친고죄가 폐지됐고, 성폭력(강간·강제추행) 공소시효는 10년이다. 하지만 2013년 6월 19일 이전에 벌어진 성범죄의 경우 여전히 친고죄 규정이 적용되는 애매한 상황이다.

Seems like prior to June 19, 2013, you had 6 months to report something, but after that it was abolished and became a 10 year statute of limitations. However, for cases that occurred prior to June 19, 2013, it's a little more unclear.

I dunno - this is just a news article, and I'm no lawyer :-p

[Bonobo]

Update:

http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/new ... id=3047742

[wolfking]

Update:

Diana Koszegi got a surprise hug from Rui Naiwei. Here is a partial screen shot of her Facebook post:

Original sports.sina.com link in Chinese: http://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2018-05-17 ... 8759.shtml

The last line in Diana's post is PinYin for Chinese "谢谢芮老师”，meaning "Thank you Rui sensei".