”My cheerful friend was studying law...” Friend of victim of date murder appeals in South Korea

Friends of a woman in her 20s who was brutally murdered after breaking up with her boyfriend in Hanam City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, have called for severe punishment for the assailant.
On the 13th, the victim's classmates and seniors posted on social media through the "Public Discussion of the Henan Date Murder Case" account, "Who is the friend really?
"She was a very cheerful person who made others happy just by being with her," he said, adding, "The fact that such a friend left us at such a young age is just heartbreaking."
They explained their position, saying, "My friend and I were studying law together at university. After the incident, we looked for related cases, and most of the cases were for murder,
"I learned that the sentence would only be 20 years," he said. "The case of dating violence and dating murder, where the person who killed a close friend was not properly punished and the friend was left in the blind spot of the law, is a big problem.
"It's really sad and infuriating that I became the victim of a dating incident," she added. They argue that stronger punishment is needed for dating violence and murder.
A bill to strengthen the penalties for violent crimes and murder has been stuck in the National Assembly for seven years, and I understand that it is being applied as the same bill as general crimes.
"I deeply regret the fact that there are few precedents for strong punishment," he said, emphasizing, "I hope that strong laws will be put in place so that no more victims like my friend will be created."
The victim, who lived in an apartment in Hanam City, was stabbed to death by A's weapon near his residence at around 11:20 pm on the 7th. A fled about 1 kilometer after the crime, but
A citizen reported the incident and he was arrested in just over 10 minutes. Initially, Mr. A said that he knew the victim, but the victim's family posted on social media that "there is a social problem with dating violence and dating murder."
"It's a situation where people are making an issue, and I don't know if this is an article that uses the perpetrator's statement as a formality, but this is not true," he said, "The victim and the perpetrator had been in a relationship for about three weeks and had broken up.
He made it clear that he was murdered because he spoke out against the government.