The South Korean Constitutional Court at its plenary
session yesterday February 25th struck down a 60-year-old law which forbids all
act of adultery and punishes violators with two years imprisonment.
The presiding justice, Park Han-Chul while striking out the law said even though the act of adultery is bad, the country had no power in interfering in peoples private lives
The presiding justice, Park Han-Chul while striking out the law said even though the act of adultery is bad, the country had no power in interfering in peoples private lives
“Even if adultery should be condemned as immoral, state
power should not intervene in individuals’ private lives,” said presiding
justice Park Han-Chul.
In the last six
years, close to 5,500 people have been formerly arraigned on adultery charges
including nearly 900 in 2014. In 2004, 216 people were jailed for adultery but
the numbers dropped to 42 in 2008 and from 2008 till date, only 22 people had
been sentenced to jail.
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