Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn called Friday for removing public and school officials, as well as soldiers, from their posts when they are fined or criminally punished for sex crimes.
  

"The government should actively adopt a system removing assailants and come up with countermeasures to stop the recurrence of (sex) crimes," Hwang said during a meeting with officials.
  

The government has been pushing for a plan to eradicate sexual violence involving perpetrators with superior status than their victims.
  

Current laws require public officials and soldiers to be fired when they receive jail sentences. The government will toughen the laws so civil servants and soldiers can also lose their jobs when they are fined for sex crimes.
  

The government is pushing to immediately fire all school teachers and ban them from holding similar positions for life if they are dismissed from their posts or receive criminal punishment or medical treatment while in custody for sex crimes.
  

Hwang also ordered stricter punishments for school officials who conceal or do not fully report sex crimes at schools.
  

President Park Geun-hye has labeled sex crimes one of the four major social ills that she has vowed to tackle, along with school violence, domestic crimes and substandard food.
  

"These four social ills, including sex crimes, are the current administration's most important task," Hwang said. (Yonhap)