Two police look up the skirt of "Posunyi," the South Korean police female mascot. / Screen capture from Instagram

By Lee Han-soo

A photo of a soon-to-be discharged group of police on mandatory conscription duty leering at the police force's female mascot is sexual harassment, angry citizens claim.

The photo shows two police trying to look up the skirt of "Posunyi," the South Korean police mascot.

Netizens blasted the police, saying that even the police believe it is funny to portray what can be only described as sexual harassment.

They added that the picture lowered the credibility of the police for female citizens and that there had been past cases of pictures sexually portraying the female police mascot.

Netizens have uploaded the picture to the official police Instagram and Sinmungo portal website _ where people submit complaints against the central government _ demanding the officers involved be strictly punished.