[아침신문 솎아보기] The issue of the abolition of sexual convictions newly emerged in the Kim Jong-cheol incident

On the 28th, the Kookmin Ilbo wrote on the front page, “The sexual harassment case of former Justice Party leader Kim Jong-cheol is raising new questions to our society about the values ​​of’recovery of the victim’s daily life’ and’penalty of the perpetrator’.” Justice Party lawmaker Jang Hye-young, a victim, said he did not want to sue for a community solution, but civic groups sued former CEO Kim.

The Seoul newspaper and the Hankyoreh made the same voice. Three newspapers pointed out that the purpose of the abolition of parental convictions has become unclear. The Seoul newspaper said, “In order to protect the rights of the victims, we abolished the parental conviction of sexual offenses, but this sexual harassment case turned into a political issue, and the rights of the victims were violated.” “It is necessary to supplement the legislative gap so that the rights of the victims are not damaged. Do” analyzed.

On the 27th, the case of former Justice Party representative Kim Jong-cheol, which was accused by a civic group active bindan, was transferred to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. The Seoul Metropolitan Government Women Youth and My Women’s Crime Special Investigation Team will take charge of the investigation. The investigation, the first accuser, is reported to be held on February 1.

Rep. Jang Hye-young said earlier that the perpetrator admitted the charges and that the sexual harassment was clarified through the party procedure, and that he did not want the perpetrator’s criminal punishment for fear of secondary harassment that would entail in the investigation process. Regarding the accusation of the active Bindan, he said, “I express my great regret for proceeding with criminal charges against the perpetrator, unilaterally ignoring the intention without any communication with me.”

The Hankyoreh also said, “The crime of parenting has not been abolished for the purpose of’to bring all sexual crimes to the criminal justice process and settle them with prosecutions by investigative agencies and judgments of the courts’.” “△ Victims can freely express their opinions, and △ victims themselves When a social solution other than this judicial solution is chosen, respecting it is more appropriate for the purpose of abolishing parental convictions,” said Kim Hyun-young, a female scholar.

However, he emphasized, “In the case of general workplace sexual violence, as in the case of the Justice Party’s response, an immediate investigation is conducted, and it is extremely rare that the perpetrator admits to the sexual harassment and can choose a solution according to the victim’s own wishes.” Accordingly, in most cases, victims need active intervention by investigative agencies, but he said, “As Mr. Jang has deviated from the typical situation, the victim really does not want to sue according to his’free will’, so each case should be carefully considered.”

In an interview with the Seoul Newspaper, Jang Yoon-mi, public affairs director of the Korean Women’s Bar Association, said, “In consideration of the situation in which the victim could not sue the perpetrator and punish the sex offender because of the fact that the perpetrator agreed with the perpetrator, we abolished the parental conviction of the sexual offense.” If a situation arises in which the rights of victims cannot be protected while protecting the rights, it is necessary to make up for the legal gap due to the abolition of parental crimes.

Kim Bong-Hyun “There is one more alcohol receptionist”

The Seoul newspaper reported that there was one more prosecutor who claimed he had been’entertaining alcohol’ as a result of checking the handwritten autograph submitted by former Star Mobility Chairman Kim Bong-hyun to the Ministry of Justice. The prosecution closed the case without charge, saying there was no evidence to admit this claim as fact.

According to reports, former chairman Kim said in his self-declaration, “I delivered 10 million won through my older sister to the attorney Kim Mo, whom I had appointed at the time of the investigation by the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office.” He said, “I gave him (10 million won) because he said he would have a drink with Prosecutor Park.”

The Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office, who was in charge of the investigation, said, “The former chairman Kim’s older sister stated that 10 million won was paid to Mr. Kim as a starting monetary for the appointment of a lawyer at the time, and that he did not remember giving it for entertainment expenses.” As a result of checking the call history, the location of the base station, and the Google Timeline, during the investigation of former Chairman Kim, Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office did not match the movement between lawyer Kim and Prosecutor Park.”

Korea endured the sacrifice of’restriction of business without compensation’, and the US and UK supported directly

As a result of analyzing data published on government sites such as the United States and the United Kingdom, the two countries supported small business owners and self-employed persons 10 times that of Korea in November last year due to business restrictions due to the COVID-19 quarantine measures. The Hankyoreh criticized, “We have achieved economic growth using English-American capitalism as a model, but the support was very tight compared to them in the way we cope with the Corona 19 crisis.”

In the case of the United States, the Hankyoreh said, “Small and medium-sized businesses (less than 300 employees), which decreased by 25% or more compared to the same period of the previous year, can receive support, and small business owners, including single-person self-employed persons, are also eligible for support. The maximum amount that can be applied for is $2 million, and the maximum amount that a single self-employed person can receive is $2833 (23 million won). In fact, looking at the data from the Small and Medium Business Administration of the United States, as a result of implementing the first program until August of last year, 5.21 million people loaned an average of $101,000.”

Following the first and second self-employed income support system, the UK, which implemented the third support since November of last year, pays a lump sum of three months, up to 80% of monthly income. You can get up to £7500 (11.4 million won). In addition, store owners in the face-to-face service sector who are subject to business restrictions will receive 3335 pounds (5 million won) for small businesses from November last year to February through the’Regional Restricted Support Subsidy’ (LRSG) system. 600,000 retail, tourism and leisure companies also receive additional subsidies. For small businesses, the subsidy is £4,000 (6 million won).

Parcel delivery union strike reveals’social agreement’ blind spot

The national courier union said, “We are proclaiming a general strike to create a parcel delivery site without overwork,” and announced that the strike will begin on the 29th. On the 21st, the union reached an agreement with the courier company, the government, the National Assembly, etc., in a social consensus organization that included the content that the courier service shall be responsible for the sorting work. However, the union stated the reason for the strike, saying that the promise was broken, such as the site did not change.

In October of last year, CJ Logistics announced that it would employ 4,000 people, and Lotte and Hanjin Express would use 1,000 people each. The union criticized, “This plan is not enough to handle the classification of individual parcel delivery workers as specified in the social agreement,” and criticized it as “transferring the sorting work to the courier worker and risking overwork.”

The Kookmin Ilbo said, “There are issues about the role and effectiveness of the social consensus organization,” and pointed out that it is because there is no compulsory labor-management or management/supervision system. He pointed out that if one side does not keep the promise or destroy it, there is no proper device to sanction it.”

“Not even 300,000 were born last year”

According to statistics from the National Statistical Office, the number of births from January to November last year was 25,3787. The number of deaths outpaced the number of births. The number of deaths from January to November last year was 278,186.

The Seoul newspaper said, “The number of births per year has fallen to 200,000 for the first time since related statistics were prepared in 1981. After sinking to the 300,000 level in 2017, it entered the 200,000 level in just 3 years.” He added, “If the average decrease rate of births in December (-8.22%) for the last five years (2015-2019) is applied, the number of births last month was 11,483. It is estimated that it is impossible to exceed 300,000 people per year.”

The 3rd Population Policy Task Force to respond to the population cliff will begin its activities next month. Kim Yong-beom, the first vice minister of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, told the Seoul Newspaper, “We will review support measures that allow the elderly to be re-employed without leaving (from the employment market) immediately after retirement.” It also announced that the foundation will be reorganized.

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