Minister of Gender Equality and Family Jung Young-ae answered “yes” to the question about the sexual harassment case of the late Mayor Park Won-soon, former mayor of Seoul. He attended the general meeting of the Women and Family Committee held in the National Assembly on the morning of the 18th.
On this day, Congressman Jeon Ju-hye said to Minister Chung Young-ae, on the grounds that the National Human Rights Commission recently acknowledged that Mayor Park was sexually harassing, “The allegations of sex crimes by former Mayor Park Won-soon turned out to be true. At last year’s personnel hearing, he admitted that the case was a power-type sex crime. However, he pointed out that he avoided an immediate answer to a question asking who the perpetrator was.” “I will ask you again now. “Who is the perpetrator of this incident?”
Minister of Gender Equality and Family Chung Young-ae gives a greeting from the government on the passage of the bill at the general meeting of the Women and Family Committee held in the National Assembly on the 18th. Reporter Oh Jong-taek
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Then, Minister Chung said, “It can be estimated from the results of the investigation, but it is not a procedure that can be timely stated because Mayor Park Won-soon died.” .” The former lawmaker asked again, “Do you mean that you admit that the perpetrator is the deceased Mayor Park Won-soon?” Minister Jung said, “Contrary to what I don’t think so explicitly speaking in the absence of myself, expressing… I avoided the immediate reply again. Assemblyman Jeon said, “The role of the leisure department is to protect and support victims. “You have to speak up enough for the victims.” “The fact that the perpetrator is the late Mayor Park Won-soon is also indicated in the Human Rights Commission investigation and related rulings. Still, can’t you answer who the victim is?” he asked.
“I will ask you again. When asked who was the perpetrator of this incident, he answered, “I personally think so.” When a former lawmaker asked, “Do you personally think you are the late Mayor Park Won-soon?”, he replied, “Yes.” After three accusations, he revealed his position.
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Rep. Jeon Ju-hye, the power of the people. yunhap news
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The former lawmaker said, “Please speak with confidence as the Minister of Women’s and Women’s Affairs,” and “Please speak up for the victim when such an incident occurs. That’s why I sit here.”
Earlier, Minister Chung agreed to the opposition lawmakers’ claim that the former mayor’s case should be defined as a power-type sex crime at last year’s personnel hearing, but immediately responded to the request that Mayor Park should be called as the perpetrator, saying, “You have died and an investigation is underway.” I had been criticized for avoiding.
Minister Chung said, “There is a moral responsibility, but the results of the investigation have not been revealed,” regarding the suspicion that Kim Young-soon, former executive representative of the Korean Women’s Association, announced that Park was sued. Rep. Jeon Joo-hye pointed out, “I speak passively even though I have expressed regret.”
When it came to mention that Park Won-soon was accusing the victim of the former mayor’s case for murder, he replied “second offense.”
Regarding the complaint against the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the comfort women issue of the Japanese military, he reiterated its principled position, “I will represent the victim’s opinion.”
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Grandmother Lee Yong-soo, a victim of Japanese military comfort women, is weeping at a press conference calling for a referral to the United Nations International Court of Justice for the comfort women issue held at the press center on the 16th. Reporter Jang Jin-young
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When asked by Congressman Geum-hee Yang to reveal specific and clear opinions on the complaint, Minister Chung said, “It is not the authority responsible for filing an ICJ complaint.” “The legal trial process (process) will proceed only when the two governments of Korea and Japan discuss jointly. When the government ministries judge (appeal), I try to play a role so that the opinions of the grandmothers can be heard and reflected.”
Previously, Grandma Lee Yong-soo, a comfort women victim, held a press conference on the 16th and urged the ICJ to file a complaint against the comfort women in the Japanese military. Regarding the thesis, professor Mark Ramseyer of Harvard University Law School, who defines comfort women victims as prostitutes, the women’s ministry received criticism for responding to the North Korean counterparts by saying’regret’ on the 16th day after the controversy.
Reporter Hwang Soo-yeon [email protected]
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