Rural elderly targeted in sex crimes
입력 2025.07.07 (03:05)
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[Anchor]
Disturbing rumors continue to spread in rural areas, particularly where many elderly people live.
These involve sexual crimes against the elderly.
Reporter Park Gi-won looked into how serious the situation really is.
[Report]
This is the home of an 80-year-old woman suffering from dementia who lives alone.
A strange man was captured on CCTV installed by her family to monitor her safety.
[Police emergency call at the time/voice altered: "Are you saying a man is breaking into the grandmother's house to sexually assault her and is trying to escape? (Yes, yes.) Please tell me the address."]
Police were dispatched immediately after the call and arrested a man in his 70s from the same village within three hours.
The suspect, who has been detained and is now on trial, reportedly denies the charges, claiming he was in a romantic relationship with the victim.
[Victim's family/voice altered: "He passes by the neighborhood with kind words every day... He is two-faced."]
In another case this February, a village chief in his 70s was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 90-year-old woman with dementia who lived alone in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province.
[Victim's family/voice altered: "I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t even understand what was going on. I thought I needed to call just to stop something terrible from happening..."]
Over the past four years, there have been more than 3,500 sexual crimes targeting elderly people aged 61 and older.
Rural areas, in particular, have a high number of elderly residents living alone, and the lack of public safety infrastructure leaves them vulnerable to such crimes.
[Lee Jeong-hee/Director of Changwon Sexual Violence Counseling Center: "I believe that community-based sexual education, establishing village-level reporting systems, and building preventive systems are essential."]
There are growing calls to strengthen public safety and preventive measures to protect elderly residents in rural areas from sexual violence.
This is KBS News, Park Gi-won.
Disturbing rumors continue to spread in rural areas, particularly where many elderly people live.
These involve sexual crimes against the elderly.
Reporter Park Gi-won looked into how serious the situation really is.
[Report]
This is the home of an 80-year-old woman suffering from dementia who lives alone.
A strange man was captured on CCTV installed by her family to monitor her safety.
[Police emergency call at the time/voice altered: "Are you saying a man is breaking into the grandmother's house to sexually assault her and is trying to escape? (Yes, yes.) Please tell me the address."]
Police were dispatched immediately after the call and arrested a man in his 70s from the same village within three hours.
The suspect, who has been detained and is now on trial, reportedly denies the charges, claiming he was in a romantic relationship with the victim.
[Victim's family/voice altered: "He passes by the neighborhood with kind words every day... He is two-faced."]
In another case this February, a village chief in his 70s was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 90-year-old woman with dementia who lived alone in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province.
[Victim's family/voice altered: "I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t even understand what was going on. I thought I needed to call just to stop something terrible from happening..."]
Over the past four years, there have been more than 3,500 sexual crimes targeting elderly people aged 61 and older.
Rural areas, in particular, have a high number of elderly residents living alone, and the lack of public safety infrastructure leaves them vulnerable to such crimes.
[Lee Jeong-hee/Director of Changwon Sexual Violence Counseling Center: "I believe that community-based sexual education, establishing village-level reporting systems, and building preventive systems are essential."]
There are growing calls to strengthen public safety and preventive measures to protect elderly residents in rural areas from sexual violence.
This is KBS News, Park Gi-won.
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- Rural elderly targeted in sex crimes
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- 입력 2025-07-07 03:05:03
[Anchor]
Disturbing rumors continue to spread in rural areas, particularly where many elderly people live.
These involve sexual crimes against the elderly.
Reporter Park Gi-won looked into how serious the situation really is.
[Report]
This is the home of an 80-year-old woman suffering from dementia who lives alone.
A strange man was captured on CCTV installed by her family to monitor her safety.
[Police emergency call at the time/voice altered: "Are you saying a man is breaking into the grandmother's house to sexually assault her and is trying to escape? (Yes, yes.) Please tell me the address."]
Police were dispatched immediately after the call and arrested a man in his 70s from the same village within three hours.
The suspect, who has been detained and is now on trial, reportedly denies the charges, claiming he was in a romantic relationship with the victim.
[Victim's family/voice altered: "He passes by the neighborhood with kind words every day... He is two-faced."]
In another case this February, a village chief in his 70s was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 90-year-old woman with dementia who lived alone in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province.
[Victim's family/voice altered: "I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t even understand what was going on. I thought I needed to call just to stop something terrible from happening..."]
Over the past four years, there have been more than 3,500 sexual crimes targeting elderly people aged 61 and older.
Rural areas, in particular, have a high number of elderly residents living alone, and the lack of public safety infrastructure leaves them vulnerable to such crimes.
[Lee Jeong-hee/Director of Changwon Sexual Violence Counseling Center: "I believe that community-based sexual education, establishing village-level reporting systems, and building preventive systems are essential."]
There are growing calls to strengthen public safety and preventive measures to protect elderly residents in rural areas from sexual violence.
This is KBS News, Park Gi-won.
Disturbing rumors continue to spread in rural areas, particularly where many elderly people live.
These involve sexual crimes against the elderly.
Reporter Park Gi-won looked into how serious the situation really is.
[Report]
This is the home of an 80-year-old woman suffering from dementia who lives alone.
A strange man was captured on CCTV installed by her family to monitor her safety.
[Police emergency call at the time/voice altered: "Are you saying a man is breaking into the grandmother's house to sexually assault her and is trying to escape? (Yes, yes.) Please tell me the address."]
Police were dispatched immediately after the call and arrested a man in his 70s from the same village within three hours.
The suspect, who has been detained and is now on trial, reportedly denies the charges, claiming he was in a romantic relationship with the victim.
[Victim's family/voice altered: "He passes by the neighborhood with kind words every day... He is two-faced."]
In another case this February, a village chief in his 70s was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 90-year-old woman with dementia who lived alone in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province.
[Victim's family/voice altered: "I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t even understand what was going on. I thought I needed to call just to stop something terrible from happening..."]
Over the past four years, there have been more than 3,500 sexual crimes targeting elderly people aged 61 and older.
Rural areas, in particular, have a high number of elderly residents living alone, and the lack of public safety infrastructure leaves them vulnerable to such crimes.
[Lee Jeong-hee/Director of Changwon Sexual Violence Counseling Center: "I believe that community-based sexual education, establishing village-level reporting systems, and building preventive systems are essential."]
There are growing calls to strengthen public safety and preventive measures to protect elderly residents in rural areas from sexual violence.
This is KBS News, Park Gi-won.
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