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1On May 20th, 999, a 6-year-old Teiwen King boy was suddenly thrown with sulfuric acid by unknown criminals when he passed an alley on his way to school. After 49 days of treatment, he died of a serious illness. After the incident, the Korean judicial department immediately set up an investigation headquarters to investigate, but failed to find reliable evidence of the suspect's crime.

In 20 13, under the petition of his relatives and social citizens' groups, the judicial organ launched an investigation again, but it still ended in vain, so the prosecution could not initiate a public prosecution without obtaining objective evidence.

Just four days before the expiration of the limitation of public prosecution in this case, that is, 2065438+July 4, 2004, Taiwan Province's parents refused to accept the prosecution's decision not to prosecute, and directly filed an "application for ruling", demanding that the case be directly submitted to the court for trial. But helpless, the "ruling application" was rejected. Later, Taiwan's parents protested again, which was recently rejected by the Korean Grand Court and the case was forced to end.

Xiao Taiwan Province, a young man, was killed by throwing sulfuric acid, which aroused widespread concern and sympathy in the society. After the case was recently closed due to the limitation of action, there was a heated discussion in the society about whether the limitation of public prosecution should be abolished in the investigation of criminals with extremely bad crimes (murder, arson, etc.). ) has been further fermented.

From 2065438 to March 2005, Xu Yingjiao, a member of the New Political Democracy Coalition of South Korea's opposition party, put forward a proposal in Congress for the first time, calling for the abolition of the limitation of public prosecution for homicide. At that time, the ruling and opposition parties failed to reach an agreement after consultation.

However, after the protest of the "ruling application" in this case was rejected by the Korean Grand Court, the amendment was brought up again in the provisional parliament in July, and was recognized by the parliamentary legal and judicial review committee. It was finally formally adopted at the plenary meeting held on the 24th. Because this amendment was proposed because of the Teiwen King case, this amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law is also called "Taiwan Province Law".

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According to South Korea's "Joint News" report, after the abolition of the statute of limitations for homicide was passed by Congress, South Korean police also entered the preparatory stage of how to strengthen the detection of homicide cases in the future.

The South Korean National Police Agency said that no matter how much time and energy is spent on homicide in the future, it will be traced to the end, and homicide suspects will never escape legal sanctions. The South Korean Police Department plans to set up a special investigation team in the local police department of 16, and the staffing has also been expanded from the current 50 to 72, focusing on solving outstanding cases.

For local public security departments with more cases, it is necessary to set up a wide-area joint investigation team, build a scientific investigation system, and resume the investigation on the basis of properly keeping the physical evidence and witness of the murder scene.

China Law Popularization Network-South Korea abolishes the 25-year limitation of public prosecution for homicide.