National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2019 peace of mind of victims. However, court rules and standard operating procedures do not include the same provisions to regulate victims’ information. The Commission made recommendations based on a conclusion that, in addition to warning the official, there was a need to revise the regulations and procedures pertaining to the viewing and copying of trial records in order to prevent further victimization that may arise due to leakage of personal information. The district court accepted the recommendation. However, the Ministry of Court Administration of sexual assault victims during the viewing and copying of trial records without changing the Victim forced to testify during police investigation of oil storage tank fire in Goyang The Commission concluded that the police officer who interrogated the suspect in the Goyang oil storage tank fire had forced his confession by repeatedly asking him whether he “wasn’t lying”, or stating “don’t lie,” thus violating the suspect’s right to refuse to make statements guaranteed in Article 12 of the Constitution. Also, the disclosure of the suspect’s identity, including name, nationality, age, gender, and visa type, to the media is a violation of the privacy and freedom under Article 17 of the Constitution. On April 30, the Commission recommended that the chief of the police station and the commissioner of the district police agency warn the police officer and train the staff to prevent a recurrence of the incident. An investigation found that the victim, after being arrested without a warrant on October 8, was interrogated four times for a total amount of 28 hours and 50 minutes (including viewing time). The examination record showed that the police officer asked the victim whether he “wasn’t lying,” and said “don’t lie,” or “that’s a lie” 62 times. An analysis of the video recording of the fourth interrogation session showed that the police officer pressed the victim about “lying” 123 times. The Commission found that the police officer repeated the statements about “lying” when the defendant attested his innocence, or just negated the defendant’s statements. It concluded that the police officer was forcing the defendant to admit wrongdoing, and that the interrogation deviated from the norm under the current criminal judicial system. The Commission acknowledged a need to disclose the facts, given the strong public interest 77 Key Activities existing rules and SOPs. Part 2 refused to do so, stating that it additional efforts would be made to protect the personal information