▲ A man in his mid-20s, identified by the surname A, who allegedly murdered his mother-in-law and kidnapped his wife amid divorce proceedings, arrives at the Seoul Dongbu District Court in Songpa-gu, Seoul, for a pre-trial detention hearing on the 13th.
Following recent incidents such as the murder of a mother-in-law and the kidnapping of a wife in Songpa-gu, Seoul, the police are launching a comprehensive inspection of relationship-based crimes—including stalking, dating violence, and domestic violence—along with the current status of victim safety measures.
The National Office of Investigation under the Korean National Police Agency issued an official directive today (the 13th) to the women's youth and safety departments of regional provincial police agencies nationwide, instructing them to conduct the full-scale inspection from the 19th to the 30th of this month.
The move aims to review the overall victim protection system in the wake of consecutive violent crimes rooted in personal relationships, following the Songpa murder and kidnapping case on the 11th and the murder of a woman in her 40s due to stalking in Jeju on the 12th.
The subjects of the inspection are reportedly ongoing investigations concerning stalking, dating violence, and domestic violence overall.
The police are also pursuing measures to periodically check the operational status of smartwatches provided to victims and to notify the responsible officer if a device remains turned off for a certain period.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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