A National Assembly public petition demanding a full investigation into an alleged gang sexual assault against a supporting actress that occurred more than 20 years ago has surpassed 50,000 signatures. As a result, the petition has been forwarded to the relevant committee of the National Assembly for review.
The National Assembly Electronic Petition system announced on the 12th, saying, "Petition regarding the request for a hearing and special prosecution for the alleged gang sexual assault against a supporting actress has met the requirements for referral and has been submitted to the Public Administration and Security Committee."
Under the National Assembly's public petition system, petitions that receive at least 50,000 signatures are handed to the relevant committee. The committee then determines whether the matter should be brought to the plenary session or be dismissed.
The petition, filed on December 26 last year, reached the required number of signatures as of 3:27 PM on the 7th. It met the requirements in just less than two weeks.
The petitioner, identified as 'A,' claimed, "The victim, who worked as a supporting actress, was allegedly sexually assaulted by 12 men, including the manager of supporting actors, back in 2004. Despite this, the case was not properly investigated at the time due to the failure of public authority."
The petitioner added, "A further detailed investigation regarding the circumstances that forced the victim to drop her charges is needed. We request a National Assembly hearing and a special prosecutor."
Between August and November 2004, 'B,' a female graduate student worked as a part-time supporting actress. She was allegedly subjected to a gang sexual assault by 12 male staff.
In December of that year, B filed a police report against those men, but they all denied the allegations. During the investigation, police actions were later criticized for causing secondary harm to the victim, such as making her to 'draw the shapes of the perpetrators' genitals.'
The police even forced B to face the men directly during investigation. Under further threats from those men, B eventually dropped her charges in 2006.
B took her own life in 2009. Her younger sister, who had introduced B to the part-time job, also took her own life due to the overwhelming guilt.
Their father, who had been suffering from a chronic illness, died of a cerebral hemorrhage shortly after the shock of losing both daughters. In 2014, the mother filed a civil lawsuit against the 12 men, but the case was dismissed because the 3-year statute of limitations under civil law had expired.
The mother has continued to raise awareness through protests. Although she was sued for defamation, the court found her innocent. Since then, she has been revealing the identities of the perpetrators and their whereabouts through her Youtube channel.
1. [+157][-0] Release the identities of the 12 men now.
2. [+112][-1] The police are perpetrators too.
3. [+103][-0] Let’s start by revealing the identities of those 12 men first.
4. [+13][-0] This case has dragged on for far too long. I hope they reveal the identities soon so the family can find some peace and justice.
5. [+13][-0] Dropping charges due to intimidation is invalid. Order a reinvestigation immediately and release their identities.
