An apology to the Korean woman convicted of a man’s bitten tongue while he attacked her

South Korea prosecutors apologized to a woman who was convicted of her defense during sexual abuse more than 60 years ago.

Choi Mal-Ja was sentenced to 10 months in prison, suspended for two years to tear off some of his attacker’s language as he tried to rape her in 1964 when she was 18 years old.

Inspired by the movement #Metoo of the country, ms Choi, who is already 78 years old, has been campaigning for years to cancel his belief.

Her re -consideration began in the city of Busan on Wednesday, where prosecutors issued an excuse and asked for the court to overturn her guilty sentence.

“For 61 years, the state made me live as a criminal,” G -Ja Choi told reporters outside the court before hearing.

She said she hoped for future generations to live a happy life free from sexual abuse.

At the beginning of the trial, Busan Jong Meng-Won Prosecutor General said that “we genuinely apologize.”

“We have caused Choi Mal-Ja, a victim of a sexual crime that should be protected as one, indescribable pain and agony.”

The final decision is scheduled for September 10, with legal observers expecting the court to set aside the sentence of G -Ja Choi.

Outside the courtroom after the hearing, Da -Choi raised his fist and said, “We won!”

She celebrated by hugging the campaigns from civic organizations that were there to support her.

In 1964, 18-year-old Choi Mal-ja was attacked by a 21-year-old man forcing his tongue in her mouth as he nailed her to the ground in the southern city of Gimha, according to court records.

D -Ja Choi escaped from the attack, biting 1.5 cm (0.59 inches) from the aggressor language.

The man was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years for breach and intimidation. He has never been convicted of trying to rape.

D -Ja Choi received a more suure sentence from her attacker for causing him serious bodily harm.

At that time, the court stated that her actions had exceeded the “reasonable boundaries” of self -defense.

Since then, Mrs. Choi’s case has been cited in legal textbooks in South Korea as a classic example of a court that has failed to recognize self-defense during sexual abuse.

After drawing inspiration from the #Metoo movement in South Korea at the end of 2010, D -Ja Choi contacted advocating groups to start working on the petition for re -examination.

She filed a petition in 2020, 56 years after the attack, but initially she was rejected by the lower courts. Three years later, the Supreme Court ruled that the re -examination of G -Ja Choi could continue.

Her fight for justice has become well known in South Korea, with G -Ja Choi and fellow activists conducting protests in front of the Supreme Court building in Seoul.

“I still can’t believe it,” G -Ja Choi said after a hearing on Wednesday, Korea Jungang reported.

“But if the prosecution acknowledges its mistake even now, then I believe that justice is alive in this country.”