Sixty-six police officers were fired after committing sex crimes from 2014-2016, but about half of them have since returned to work following successful appeals against the punishment, police data showed Saturday.
According to the data 17 regional police agencies across the country submitted to Rep. Park Nam-chun of the ruling Democratic Party, a total of 148 officers were disciplined for sexual offenses during the three years, with 27 in 2014, 50 in 2015 and 71 last year.