The National Assembly has passed a revision to a law that will enable stalking victims to view the exact real-time location of their stalker, government officials said.
The revision of the Act on Electronic Monitoring will share the exact location of stalkers if they get too close to their victim, according to the Justice Ministry.
The current policy notifies the victim when the convicted stalker is nearby but only via text messages indicating distance, such as: “The perpetrator is currently within 1km of you.”
The ministry is developing a mobile application that will provide real-time tracking information as the legal framework is updated.
Authorities also plan to link the ministry’s tracking system with the 112 emergency police hotline.
The new system will allow police to be promptly dispatched to the site and check the stalker’s real-time location with the help of monitoring officials in the ministry.
The integration between the Justice Ministry’s monitoring platform and local law enforcement is expected to be completed some time next year, officials said. — The Korea Herald/ANN
