Twenty years ago, there was an extremely vicious "sex crime" in South Korea.
The incident is also recognized as a "dark chapter" in the country's criminal history, involving more than 70 people.
The 44 suspects were suspected of assaulting three minors and were not punished with due punishment after the incident, but went unpunished.
It is only now, 20 years later, that justice has been served, and it is worth mentioning that justice is not the official credit of South Korea.
It's a mysterious blogger, so what's going on here?
The status of women in South Korea
While talking about this, we need to first briefly talk about the status of Korean women.
In South Korea, the idea of preference for sons over women is much more serious than in the mainland, which has led to the generally low status of Korean women.
As the saying goes, "where there is oppression, there is resistance", and with the continuous development of society, Korean women are gradually awakening.
At the same time as the rise of women in South Korea, they have made a name for women's rights, and women's rights are actually not a bad word.
It represents the awareness of women to self-consciousness under the oppression of feudal ideas.
However, during this period, many women in South Korea took the opportunity to use the name of women's rights, but they did things that violated social morality and even violated the law.
Under the long-term extreme oppression of Korean men, their anger can be imagined, so some women go directly from the victim to the persecutor.
Slowly, many "feminist cults" emerged in South Korea, not only attacking men, but even abusing and killing male animals.
As a result, Korean men couldn't sit still, and began to strengthen the suppression of women, but it was too late, so Korean men and women were directly opposed.
Sexual assault case 20 years ago
20 years ago, 14-year-old Xiao Cui wanted to call his female classmate, but he didn't think about it, but he made the wrong call and called 18-year-old Jin.
Xiao Cui originally wanted to cut off the phone directly, but Jin said, "Your voice is very good, can you go out and play with your friends?" ”
It was this sentence that gave Xiao Cui a miserable experience, so Xiao Cui called his sister and cousin to go to Jin's place together.
When the little Cui sisters arrived, Jin introduced them to other friends, but they didn't know that these so-called "friends" were all local "bad boys".
Everyone should be able to guess what happened next, Jin and others threatened the three sisters, beat them if they were disobedient, and then took them to the hotel to sexually assault them.
In order to leave the handle of the three sisters and facilitate the future coercion, Jin recorded all this.
After that, Jin kept using the video to threaten Xiao Cui, and in the following nearly a year, Xiao Cui and the others were constantly violated by these inhumane people.
It wasn't until December of the same year, when Xiao Cui was sent to the hospital for examination because of her physical abnormality, that her family found out what happened to the three sisters.
So Cui's mother decided to call the police for help, because in their opinion, the only way to bring the culprit to justice.
The attitude of the South Korean police in handling the case
After receiving the report, the South Korean police at first repeatedly assured the family that they would use secret interviews to investigate, because the victim was not an adult.
The local South Korean police promised that they would never reveal the identities of the three people, but was that really the case?
During the police investigation and evidence collection stage, they kept asking the police to send a woman to interrogate, but the police did not agree to them and ignored the request.
Not only that, but the attitude of several male police officers was even more indescribable, and they also insulted the three minor sisters.
In addition, their previous assurances were not fulfilled, and some police officers directly revealed all the information investigated in an interview.
In this way, the identity information of the three Xiao Cui sisters appeared directly in the newspaper, and the South Korean police did not care about the consequences of this move for the three sisters.
Later, Xiao Cui said that she did not receive any protection, which was more like a shame, and she was very afraid of retaliation later.
And what they endured was not limited to this, after the incident, dozens of suspects' parents and family members repeatedly made trouble in public places.
And in the face of media interviews, these people repeatedly claimed that their son was wronged, and it must have been "seduced" by the three Xiao Cui sisters
What remarks against the sky, what vicious remarks, in order to protect their sons, they poured dirty water on these three minor victims.
In addition, the family members of these suspects also went to the door of Xiao Cui's parents' company to make trouble, abusing and cursing there, and talking about it when they met people.
What's more, he went directly to Xiao Cui's school to make trouble, which also caused Xiao Cui to have to quit the campus.
After the troubles of the parents of these suspects, soon the rumors about the three Xiao Cui sisters spread in the local area, and there were even more speechless things than this.
After a survey, it was found that 64% of people thought that Xiao Cui and the others were at fault without understanding the whole picture, which is really ironic.
Three years later, the South Korean police found out from some suspects that there were more than 70 people involved.
Three years, it's really ridiculous, and what's even more ridiculous is that six months later, the police said that the number of suspects identified was 44, 3 victims, and there was no direct evidence to confirm the rest.
Of the more than 70 people involved in the case, only 44 people have been confirmed, is there really no evidence, or is it some other reason?
And of these people, only 10 were given suspended sentences, and 20 of them were sent to juvenile detention centers for education, and these 20 people were only educated, and their actions were not recorded in the file.
The remaining 14 people have reached a settlement with the victims, and it is worth mentioning that under Korean law, 19 years old is the age of majority.
This is the end of the matter, this is the explanation given by the South Korean police, and later South Korea also adapted the case into a movie.
Justice belated to justice
As many as 70 people involved in the case, sexually assaulted 3 underage girls, and only 10 were sentenced to probation, which is really ironic for the South Korean police.
It wasn't until today, 20 years later, that the matter was continued and remedied, and at first a South Korean internet blogger revealed the recent situation of the criminals one by one.
It is worth mentioning that the mastermind of the year, that is, Jin, appeared on the Internet as early as 2022, but no one knew him at that time.
Because in the past 20 years, he has already cleared himself, it can be said that he has a successful career, a happy family, is married and has a daughter.
Two years ago, a famous Korean foodie visited a restaurant for filming a video of a store visit, and the chef of that restaurant shared his happy life in front of the camera.
And the chef of this hotel is the mastermind of the sexual assault case 20 years ago, and in the past 20 years, Jin has had a smooth life, and has been in touch with other persecutors.
As this matter continued to ferment on the Internet, a group of Korean netizens directly flocked to the store and rushed to the store.
Then the shopkeeper also hurriedly came out to make a statement, saying that he had no knowledge of this matter, and had already fired Jin, even so, the store was closed.
After that, the blogger successively announced the recent lives of other suspects.
The second suspect changed his name after the incident and worked in car sales, and was fired by the company immediately after the video was released.
The third suspect, who is similar to the first, also works for a large company and was also fired by the company after the video was released.
The fourth suspect is currently married, has a daughter, and runs a small restaurant by himself, and the restaurant was suspended due to illegal construction under the report of Korean netizens.
According to the blogger, there were many people who went back in the day to privately message him and report other accomplices, just begging not to make them public.
Not only that, but the local government also sent a private message in the background, asking it not to post videos, and I have to say that the South Korean government really took action when it encountered something.
On Saturday, the blogger deleted all the videos and changed his screen name and profile picture until the Dragon Boat Festival when he re-uploaded four videos.
As of yesterday, however, he hasn't continued to post new content, but the storm hasn't stopped.
"After I fall, thousands of others will stand up"
Following this mysterious blogger, another blogger showed a part of the sealed ruling document, according to which the four new suspects were updated.
The fifth suspect became a police officer, and yes, after sexually assaulting a minor, not only was it fine, but he also became a police officer.
The sixth suspect currently runs a small restaurant in the local area.
The seventh suspect was sentenced to eight months in prison for usury, threats and other reasons six years ago.
It's still the old saying, "Dogs can't change their", it's really right.
The eighth suspect previously worked at a shipyard, but disappeared in 2016.
Now, these mysterious bloggers have said that the series of exposing the suspect will continue until all the people are exposed.
The videos quickly sparked widespread controversy among South Koreans, and there were people who continued to join the controversy, arguing about the sanctions.
A professor in South Korea said that all this was because most people thought the sentence was too child's play, and the masses were suspicious of the relevant departments.
This made a lot of people join in to participate in the breaking news, and also won the support of the majority of netizens.
Yesterday, South Korean TV started a live broadcast, and Choi, who was there, also publicly expressed his current thoughts through some institutions.
She said she didn't know who the bloggers were, and she didn't think to have the slightest connection with the matter.
Xiao Cui has been affected by this incident for so many years, she has been deeply troubled by anorexia and depression, and has fallen into constant fear.
And at that time, it was not her who led the reconciliation, but her father, who approached her father at that time and exchanged 50 million won for a letter of understanding.
If 50 million won is converted into our currency, it is about 260,000 won, which is divided among 14 people, and one person is less than 20,000.
After that, Xiao Cui's father successfully got the "money from selling his daughter", and disappeared without a trace after getting the money.
The local police were also sentenced to compensate Xiao Cui for about 369,000 yuan in mental damages because they did not follow the rules.
epilogue
For Xiao Cui, this justice is 20 years late, is the late justice still justice?
I could have slowly lived a normal life without being affected by this incident, but now I was picked up again.
Is this good or bad for Xiao Cui, and can those suspects who have been announced really be punished by the law?
Resources:
Stimulate! South Korean bloggers continued to "open the box" and expose the current situation of multiple suspects in a gang rape case 20 years ago
Luzhong Morning News2024-06-14 15:40
China Network: Korean women were sexually assaulted 20 years ago, 44 people were at large, and the mysterious UP master set off a storm of accountability
2024-06-14 14:31:21 Minnan Net
China.com: Looking back at the fact that a South Korean woman was sexually assaulted 20 years ago, there were as many as 44 suspects
2024-6-14 13:16:44 Zhongyuan.com