As a result of deliberating on the agenda of’Reporting the results of an ex officio investigation such as sexual harassment by the former mayor of Seoul’ by holding a committee from 2 pm on the 25th, the Commission decided to recommend improvements to protect victims and prevent recurrence. did.
The Human Rights Commission said, “It is possible to admit that the victim’s claim that Mayor Park sent inappropriate messages, photos and emoticons to the victim at a late time, and touched his fingernails and hands in the office, is true.” “Mayor Park’s actions are sexual humiliation or disgust. It is a sexual expression that makes you feel like it is sexual harassment.”
He added, “It is not the level or frequency of sexual harassment, but whether or not there is work relevance and sexual speech in the public domain. In this case, the above acknowledgment alone is sufficient to judge sexual harassment.” Regarding whether Seoul City officials assisted or tolerated sexual harassment by Mayor Park Jeon, the Human Rights Commission said, “It seems true that the victim requested a telegram from the beginning of his work in the secretary’s office, saying that his work in the secretary’s office was difficult, and that the superiors recommended that he remain.” The circumstances in which the request was perceived as being due to Mayor Park’s sexual harassment have not been grasped.” However, “Even though it is difficult to confirm objective evidence that the reference people condoned or aided Mayor Park’s sexual harassment, the secretary’s office did not understand the nature and hierarchy of sexual harassment. He pointed out that the low gender sensitivity, not aware of the back and seeing the relationship between the two as an intimate relationship, is a problem.”
The Human Rights Commission also judged that the victim suffered secondary damage because it did not take measures to protect the victims even after the Seoul City became aware of the incident, and did not take any action even though the victim requested action for the secondary damage.
Regarding the fact that the accused was leaked to Mayor Park, it was difficult to confirm the status of the delivery due to the limitations of the investigation, such as the failure to submit data from related agencies, the non-acceptance of mobile phone digital forensics results from Mayor Park, and the non-answer of reference people.
Earlier, the victims’ lawyers and support groups submitted an ex officio investigation request to the Human Rights Commission in July of last year and asked for an investigation into the allegations of sexual harassment by Mayor Park, allegations of assistance from Seoul City officials, and the outflow of the accused.
The Human Rights Commission decided ex officio investigation and formed an investigation team in early August to initiate the investigation.
A total of 9 people attended the committee on this day, including Chairman Young-ae Choi, 3 standing members, and 5 non-standing members excluding non-standing members Lee Jun-il. The Human Rights Committee consists of 11 members, and all committee members are voted in favor of more than half of the current members.
So-young Kim, reporter at Donga.com [email protected]
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