By Haeryun Kang 

November 28, 2019 at 5:33 a.m. GMT+10

Haeryun Kang is a freelance journalist in Seoul and a videographer at media start-up videocusIN.

In South Korea, the death of K-pop star Goo Hara is refueling rage against sexual crimes against women — and the widespread perception that law enforcement has failed to effectively address the issue.

On Sunday, 28-year-old Goo, a former member of girl group Kara, was found dead in her Seoul home. Police have not yet commented on the cause of death, but Goo had reportedly been hospitalized earlier this year for an alleged suicide attempt, in the midst of a scandal that unleashed a torrent of abuse.

After her death, two previously little-known names started trending on Korean social media: Choi Jong-bum and Oh Duk-shik. The former is her ex-boyfriend, accused of filming Goo naked while they were intimate and blackmailing her by threatening to release the footage, among other charges. The latter is the male judge who acquitted Choi of the charge this August, while convicting him of other charges, including assault.