Politics · South Korea · 3 hrs ago
South Korean woman gets suspended sentence for false rape complaint
A Busan court gave a woman a suspended prison sentence for falsely accusing her former partner of attempted rape.
She filed the complaint in December 2020, after he had reported her to police for alleged trespassing and other offences.
She said he had tried to force sex and had hit and choked her, but the court found those claims were false.
The woman admitted the false complaint within a month, and police decided not to refer her former partner for prosecution over rape.
The judge said false complaints must be punished and that the accusation likely caused him serious distress.
The court also considered that she was 19 at the time, had no prior convictions and regretted what she had done.
She received six months in prison, suspended for two years, so she will not serve the sentence unless the suspension is revoked.
A South Korean woman received a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, for falsely accusing her former partner of attempted rape.
The Busan District Court found she filed the false complaint after becoming angry that he had reported her to police.
She alleged that he tried to force sex, slapped her twice and strangled her.
She admitted the complaint was false less than a month after filing it, and police decided not to refer him for prosecution on the rape allegation.
The court said false complaints should be punished seriously but cited her age, remorse and lack of prior convictions when suspending the sentence.
- Who
- A woman in her 20s was convicted of making a false accusation against her former partner.
- What
- She received six months in prison, suspended for two years.
- When
- She filed the complaint on 26 December 2020. The ruling was reported on 4 November 2026.
- Where
- Busan, South Korea.
- Why
- She was angry that her former partner had reported her to police on suspicion of special trespass and other offences.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The woman and the man were in a relationship.
She filed a false complaint at a police station in Busan, alleging that he had attempted to rape her.
She appeared at the police station as a victim and repeated the false allegations.
She admitted that the complaint was false.
Yonhap reported that the Busan District Court had sentenced her to six months in prison, suspended for two years.
- Sentence
- Six months in prison, suspended for two years
- Complaint date
- 26 December 2020
- Alleged conduct
- Attempted forced sex, two slaps and strangulation
- Admission
- Less than a month after filing the complaint
- Ruling reported
- 4 November 2026
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What people are saying
False complaints should be strictly punished, given the tendency for criminal complaints to be filed excessively in our country.
The mental shock suffered by the person falsely accused would not have been slight.