South Korea's Ministry of Justice has revealed a new law comes into effect from today.... that allows police officers to monitor juvenile sex offenders around-the-clock on an individual basis.<br />Probation officers will watch the ex-convicts,... who have been released from prison but ordered to wear an electronic GPS ankle bracelet,... to prevent them reoffending.<br />The law was prompted by the Cho Doo-soon child rape case in 2008 when Cho brutally raped a then-eight-year-old girl.<br />The ministry has selected five potential repeat offenders for initial monitoring,... out of around a list of roughly three thousand.<br />Once selected, the high-risk ex-convicts will be under 24/7 police observation for at least six months. <br />
