3 letters from Park Won-soon victim… They posted on’SNS Guillotine’

On the 23rd, the social network service (SNS) space was noisy. The late Park Won-soon, former personnel planning secretary Min Gyeong-guk and former secretary chief Oh Seong-gyu, who worked in the secretary’s office during the tenure of the mayor of Seoul, etc. The core of these arguments is that it is difficult to view Mr. A as a victim of sexual harassment by force, as Mr. A wrote a handwritten letter in favor of Mayor Park during the period when he complained of sexual harassment damage.

There are a total of three published letters. In 2016 and 2017, I wrote a congratulatory letter for Mayor Park’s birthday, and in 2018, I wrote it with regrets before leaving for overseas tours. The contents are mostly thanks and respect for Mayor Park, and a happy birthday message. It contains sentences such as “Thank you for making me smile, encourage me, and say good words even during my busy schedule.”

In a phone call with the JoongAng Ilbo, former secretary Min argued that “the contents of the letter are not just the level of’rolling paper’ used by employees on Mayor Park’s birthday.” Kim Min-woong, professor of future civilization at Kyung Hee University, also disclosed the contents of the letter on social media, saying, “How do you read it? A letter written by a woman who alleges that she has been harassed by sexual harassment for four years,” he said. “In September 2019, I would like to ask for a post to commemorate her sister’s marriage. He said, “I can ask the molested person for that.”

However, Mr. A’s defense is that this is only one of the communication methods stemming from the hierarchical relationship within the organization, and has nothing to do with direct evidence that reveals whether there was sexual harassment by force. Kim Hye-jeong, deputy director of the Korean Sexual Violence Counseling Center, a support organization for Mr. A, said, “There was no planting assistant (for Mayor Park), there was no sexual harassment, and’I was puzzled from the beginning because the victim alone used the mayor’s birthday card that no one used ) Prove yourself.” Mr. A’s letter is meaningless as it is part of an annual event held by employees on Mayor Park’s birthday.

Mr. A’s legal representative, Kim Jae-ryeon, attorney at Law Firm Onse-sang, stipulated in the phone call that “the victim of sexual harassment should look like this, that is, forced to be a victim.” He said, “While other employees also write letters and deliver them, is there a law that says,’Among the victims of sexual harassment can’t write letters,’ he said. “A, the secretary’s office employee, can say,’I hate (head of the organization) Park Won-soon.’ Must have been. (Letter disclosure) is intended to frustrate the victims by using their mental pain.”

In this process, the controversy grew as Mr. A’s real name was exposed. Mr. A said, “When Prof. Minwoong Kim first released the photo of the letter, he exposed the picture with the victim’s real name on it, and also has a capture copy.” “The fact that he sued those who released his real name on Naver band and blog some time ago. He criticized him as being malicious and unintentionally acting like this even though he knew about it. Professor Kim admitted that “the scene of the instant exposure is my Facebook,” but “the parties are hiding their existence behind the curtain of the problem of real name exposure. “What will you say about the letter sent on a day other than your birthday?”

The controversy over the second inflict against the victim has been unfolding in various ways so that it is no longer a new story. Some of the pro-female YouTube channels released videos of Mayor Park’s birthday party, raising concerns about the fact that Mr. A is close to Mayor Park, and former secretary chief Kim Joo-myeong, etc., submitted an opinion to the National Human Rights Commission. It was revealed that Mr. A left the secretary’s office only after being promoted and expressed envy for Mayor Park’s overseas tour.

However, experts say that interpreting the victim’s usual attitude by inferring it directly with whether or not it is sexually harassed is likely to be an error. Attorney Hye-jin Seo, who defended the victim Kim Ji-eun in the sexual violence case of the former governor of Chungnam Province in the past, said, “It is not yesterday’s day for a victim of sexual violence to attack a victim for reasons such as working normally after the incident or sending a friendly text message.” “However, there are countless cases where the perpetrator has been convicted regardless of the victim’s usual behavior,” he said.

Former secretary chief Oh also argued earlier this month that “it is dangerous to unilaterally neutralize the evidence-judgmentism that the recognition of facts should be based on evidence.” Based on these words, it is also contrary to evidence judgmentism to highlight the surrounding circumstances that cannot directly prove the existence of sexual violence.

Reporter Heo Jeong-won [email protected]