INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (25 Oct.) granted leave to proceed with an appeal submitted by the Attorney General, seeking the conviction
of a Sri Lankan national who was acquitted of raping and 18-year-old in Korea in 1998.The relevant decision was delivered following the
consideration of the facts presented by Additional Solicitor General Priyantha Nawana to the three-judge Supreme Court bench comprising of
Thurairajah, Shiran Gooneratne and Janak de Silva.Three Sri Lankan men in Korea were charged with the rape of 18-year-old Jeong Eun-Hui, a
Korean university student who was returning from a late-night party in Daegu city in South Korea, in 1998.While Korean investigators were
only able to muster up the DNA evidence against one of the three men, the DNA profile was subsequently stored away on account of being an
suspect was awaiting trial in South Korea in relation to a charge of attempting to have a sexual relationship with a minor in 2010.He, and
the other two individuals involved in the attack were subsequently charged with the rape of Jeong Eun-Hui, but were later acquitted due to a
law in South Korea that states a rape charge should be brought within 10 years of such a crime.
