"No severe punishment, the U.S. military will look down on us"

There are more than 400 crimes in the U.S. military in South Korea. South Korean professor: If you do not punish severely, the U.S. military will look down on us

South Korean media reported criminal cases in South Korea (SBS TV)

According to the "Korea Daily" reported on June 13, from 2016 to 2021, more than 400 criminal cases related to the US military in South Korea, equivalent to at least every day. However, due to the existence of the "Agreement in the U.S. Army in Korea", few personnel involved were sentenced to sentence. Recently, the voice of South Korean society demanded that the amendment of this unequal agreement has become increasingly rising.

On March 24, the US military in South Korea hit the Korean driver in Pyeongze City (data map)

On May 1st this year, two US and US troops in South Korea were investigated for investigation by harassing a Korean woman after alleged alcohol. In the early morning of May 15th, two U.S. troops in South Korea and a Korean male customer in Seoul fought and kicked them. Passers -by who persuaded the fight also beaten. Although the perpetrators were quickly arrested by the South Korean police, because they were stationed in South Korea, they were transferred to the US gendarmerie.

According to the "Agreement in the U.S. Army in Korea", only when the U.S. military committed 12 malignant crimes such as killing, rape, drug trafficking, and death, the South Korean police could continue to detain it without having to give it to the U.S. military first.

On March 27, the U.S. military stationed in Korea cut a knife in Pyeongze City to cut the convenience store tent (data map)

"South Korea Daily" said that even if the U.S. military stationed in South Korea was sent to court, it would only be punished slightly. The media sorted out 47 judgments from 2018 to May this year. It was found that 23 were sentenced to probation, 19 were sentenced to fines, and only one was sentenced to sentence.

On April 6, the U.S. U.S. military vehicles were running away from the house fence (data map)

For example, in 2019, a U.S. military in South Korea made trouble after drinking on the streets of Daqiu in South Korea. Not only did it insult the South Korean police, but he also slapped the police and was taken to the police station. In the end, the soldier was only probed for 5 months. South Korean judge said that if he was sentenced to more than 6 months, the soldier could not continue to serve. Considering that he was in service for only one year or a recruit, he should give him the opportunity to faithfully fulfill his military obligations.

Li Zhangxi, a honorary professor at the University of Foreign Languages, said that if the seriousness of Korean law is not displayed, the US military may despise South Korea's legal system. The crime of violence was severe, and the nature of the case was serious and should be severely punished.

Source: Overseas Network/Liu Qiang

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