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법무부는 여고생과의 성관계 동영상을 퍼뜨린 혐의로 수사를 받던 중 해외로 도피한 미국인 영어강사 A(29)씨를 22일 아르메니아에서 국내로 송환할 예정이라고 밝혔다.
법무부는 2010년 부터 인터폴의 협조를 통해 중국으로 도주해버린 A씨를 수배 중이었다고 밝혔다.
A씨는 지난 10월 아르메니아에서 검거됐고 사법당국과 실무협의 끝에 3개월여 만에 송환된다. 이번 케이스는 우리나라가 2011년 12월 가입한 ‘범죄인인도 유럽협약’에 따라 범죄자를 송환하는 첫 사례다.
법무부 관계자는 “사건의 중요도에 따라 송환 절차 기간이 다르지만 이번 경우는 3개월 밖에 안걸렸다"며 “일반적으로 1년에서 최고 3년까지 걸리기도 한다"라고 말했다.
A씨는 2010년 대전 동구에 ’통학형 영어마을'로 알려진 국제화 센터에서 강사로 일하던 중 8월에 인터넷 채팅으로 만난 고등학생 B양과 성관계를 하며 동영상을 찍고 인터넷에 유포했다.
동영상이 유포되자 “어떻게 초등학생을 가르치는 사람이 이럴수가 있냐"며 한국 네티즌들이 분노하기도 했다.
A씨가 유포한 영상을 본 일부 네티즌들은 피해자가 최소 두명이라고 주장했다. 영상이 유포된 뒤 해당 여성들이라고 지목된 사람들의 신상정보가 인터넷에 돌기도 했다.
대구 영어마을의 운영자인 웅진씽크빅에 대한 책임론이 나오자 회사관계자는 언론 인터뷰에서 ”채용 요건들을 강화시키겠다"라고 밝혔었다.
국제화 센터 관계자는 현재 재직 중인 강사들은 매 주 한국 법과 예절 교육을 실행하는 등 비슷한 범죄를 방지하기 위한 방안들을 강화했다고 말했다.
교육부에 따르면 공교육 강화를 위해 채용된 7,900명의 보조영어강사 중 10% 정도가 해당 국가에서 발급받은 교육 관련 자격증을 소지하고 있다. 이들 중 25명은 마약이나 폭력등의 이유로 파면등의 징계를 받은 것으로 알려졌다.
(코리아헤럴드 석지현 기자, 서예슬 인턴기자)
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English teacher accused of spreading sex tape of teenager extradited
By Suk Gee-hyun
A 29-year-old American accused of having sex with a teenage girl and posting a video of it online was extradited from Armenia to South Korea on Wednesday, the Ministry of Justice said.
The ministry has been tracking down the suspect’s whereabouts since 2010, when he fled to China as the video stirred a firestorm of criticism in the Korean online community.
“The urgency of each case decides how fast the extradition will take place. In this case, it only took three months, whereas it could take up to three years for other cases,” a prosecutor in charge of the case told The Korea Herald.
The ministry said the case will be the first to get legal cooperation in arresting and extraditing a criminal under the terms of the European convention of extradition. Korea joined the pact in 2011.
The suspect was a teacher at an English village in Daejeon, where he taught elementary school kids for 20 hours a week.
The International Communication Center, better known as a “commutable English village,” said the American man had no criminal record when he was hired.
The suspect allegedly met a high school girl online in August 2010. According to local reports, the video was uploaded and sold to porn websites outside of Korea.
He first fled to China after getting fired at the center, officials said.
The incident sparked public anger as it involved an underage victim, with critics calling for stricter rules and screening procedures for hiring English teachers from abroad.
Witnesses of the suspect’s postings said there are at least two victims, whose personal information was leaked upon the outbreak of the incident.
“We should’ve arrested and punished the guy who circulated the video, but it’s sad how the public is focused on criticizing and digging up personal information of the victimized women,” a blogger on Naver portal said.
The sex video incident also dealt a blow to Woongjin Think Big, an education company in charge of managing and supervising English teachers at the facility. The company had vowed to strengthen qualification standards for new teachers after the incident.
“We offer weekly sessions on Korean laws and etiquette to prevent similar crimes from happening,” said an official at the International Communication Center where eight English teachers are currently working.
According to the Ministry of Education’s report, only 10 percent of some 7,900 foreign teachers at public schools possess teaching licenses in their home countries.
Up to 25 people among them were dismissed or legally punished over drug abuse or the use of violence, the report said.
(monicasuk@heraldcorp.com)
Intern reporter Seo Ye-seul contributed to this report. - Ed.
English teacher accused of spreading sex tape of teenager extradited
By Suk Gee-hyun
A 29-year-old American accused of having sex with a teenage girl and posting a video of it online was extradited from Armenia to South Korea on Wednesday, the Ministry of Justice said.
The ministry has been tracking down the suspect’s whereabouts since 2010, when he fled to China as the video stirred a firestorm of criticism in the Korean online community.
“The urgency of each case decides how fast the extradition will take place. In this case, it only took three months, whereas it could take up to three years for other cases,” a prosecutor in charge of the case told The Korea Herald.
The ministry said the case will be the first to get legal cooperation in arresting and extraditing a criminal under the terms of the European convention of extradition. Korea joined the pact in 2011.
The suspect was a teacher at an English village in Daejeon, where he taught elementary school kids for 20 hours a week.
The International Communication Center, better known as a “commutable English village,” said the American man had no criminal record when he was hired.
The suspect allegedly met a high school girl online in August 2010. According to local reports, the video was uploaded and sold to porn websites outside of Korea.
He first fled to China after getting fired at the center, officials said.
The incident sparked public anger as it involved an underage victim, with critics calling for stricter rules and screening procedures for hiring English teachers from abroad.
Witnesses of the suspect’s postings said there are at least two victims, whose personal information was leaked upon the outbreak of the incident.
“We should’ve arrested and punished the guy who circulated the video, but it’s sad how the public is focused on criticizing and digging up personal information of the victimized women,” a blogger on Naver portal said.
The sex video incident also dealt a blow to Woongjin Think Big, an education company in charge of managing and supervising English teachers at the facility. The company had vowed to strengthen qualification standards for new teachers after the incident.
“We offer weekly sessions on Korean laws and etiquette to prevent similar crimes from happening,” said an official at the International Communication Center where eight English teachers are currently working.
According to the Ministry of Education’s report, only 10 percent of some 7,900 foreign teachers at public schools possess teaching licenses in their home countries.
Up to 25 people among them were dismissed or legally punished over drug abuse or the use of violence, the report said.
(monicasuk@heraldcorp.com)
Intern reporter Seo Ye-seul contributed to this report. - Ed.
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