Don’t Beat Suspects, S. Korean Police Told
National police headquarters warned investigators Friday not to beat or otherwise breach the human rights of criminal suspects after four policemen were fired over allegations that a prisoner was sexually abused, police sources said.
State prosecutors said Wednesday that a policeman beat a 21-year-old woman dissident on the breasts, but they denied that she was sexually harassed during questioning last month.
At a news conference Friday, the woman’s lawyers accused the prosecution of covering up facts about what they called the “sex torture” of the woman, a former student.
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