The client, as complainant, received unwanted phone calls, text messages, KakaoTalk messages, and social media messages from the accused person on at least 13 occasions. The accused also contacted the client??s family members and acquaintances, sending messages asking them to disclose the client??s residence and workplace address or to find the client??s whereabouts. These acts caused the client severe anxiety and fear, leading the client to request strong legal action through Law Firm Taelim.
Taelim??s attorneys argued that the accused person??s conduct was not a simple attempt to contact the client, but a persistent and repeated course of stalking against the client??s will. The attorneys emphasized that contacting the client??s family and acquaintances to obtain information about the client itself constituted conduct that created anxiety under the Stalking Punishment Act. Taelim filed a criminal complaint for violation of the Stalking Punishment Act and strongly requested strict criminal punishment.
The court accepted Taelim??s arguments and recognized the conduct as stalking. The accused was referred for prosecution, and the matter ultimately resulted in an actual prison sentence.
This case is meaningful because conduct directed not only at the victim but also at the victim??s family and acquaintances was recognized as part of stalking behavior when it caused fear and anxiety to the victim. Taelim??s early and active use of the Stalking Punishment Act helped bring the cause of the client??s suffering within the scope of criminal punishment.
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