Apologize for the Korean woman convicted of biting a man’s language when he attacked her

South Korean prosecutors apologized to the woman who was convicted of defending herself during a sexual attack more than 60 years ago.

Choi Mal-Ji was sentenced to 10 months in prison, rejected by two years, biting some of the attacker’s language when he allegedly tried to rape her in 1964 when she was 18 years old.

Inspired by the #metoo movement in the country, MS Choi, who is now 78 years old, has been campaigning for many years to overcome her conviction.

Her re -examination began in the city of Busan on Wednesday, where the prosecutor’s office apologized and asked the court to abandon the verdict of the guilty.

“During the age of 61, the state forced me to live as a criminal,” Ms Choy told reporters at the court’s borders before hearing.

She said she hoped that future generations can live a happy life free of sexual abuse.

At the beginning of the trial, the chief prosecutor Pusan Chen Mion-Won said: “We sincerely apologize.”

“We caused Choi Mal-Ja, a sex crime victim that was supposed to be protected as one, indescribable pain and suffering.”

The final ruling is scheduled for September 10, and legal observers expect the court to cancel the conviction of Ms Choy.

Outside the courtroom, after the hearing, Ms Choi raised her fist and said, “We won!”

She celebrated, covering companies from civil organizations that were there to support her.

In 1964, the 18-year-old Choya Mal-Joy was attacked by a 21-year-old man who forced his mouth when he pressed her against the ground in the southern city of Himch, according to court records.

Ms Choi escaped the attack, biting 1.5 cm (0.59 inches) of the aggressor language.

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

Ms Choi was taken a tougher sentence than her attacker for causing him serious bodily harm.

At the time, the court stated that its actions exceeded the “smart boundaries” of self -defense.

Ms Choy’s case has since been called in legal textbooks in South Korea as a classic example of a court that does not recognize self -defense during sexual abuse.

After taking inspiration in the Movement of #metoo South Korea in the late 2010s, the Choi contacted propaganda groups to start work on the examination.

She filed a petition in 2020, 56 years after the attack, but initially rejected the lower courts. Three years later, the Supreme Court ruled that Ms Choy could go forward.

Her fight for justice became well known in South Korea, and Mrs. Choi and colleagues were protested outside the Supreme Court building in Seoul.

“I still can’t believe it,” said Ms Choi after the hearings on Wednesday, Korea Joongang Daily Newspap reports.

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