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It was found that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not discipline vice consul A of the Seattle Consulate General, who is known to have made grotesque rants such as “trying to eat human flesh” to officials of the mission, saying that there is no evidence.
According to Lee Tae-gyu, a member of the National Assembly’s Committee on Foreign Affairs and Transportation on the 11th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the 6th that it was difficult to take a problem with the remarks of Vice Consul A.
In addition, it was confirmed that other suspicions raised against Consul A, such as manipulating the unit price of goods and creating a double ledger, were not investigated.
Lee’s office said that through a report from an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vice Consul A made abusive language, abusive remarks, and unusual remarks against the administrative staff of the mission after taking office as the Consulate General in Jujuy Atlanta in 2019. The staff said,’I think human meat will be so delicious. Must be trying to eat human flesh “was also the idiotic remarks such as ‘this bitch XX’ said the tip came after a statement like” you’ll end leave even bother “” Wondering is possible to live a salary. There were also testimonies of unpleasant physical contact with administrative staff. In addition, reporters said, “My grandmother is Japanese, and thanks to my grandmother, Koreans were able to eat bread.”
Assemblyman Lee explained that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave a warning to Vice Consul A in the name of the minister and initiated a re-investigation, but only questions and answers were made to the informant and third parties, but did not question and answer questions.
In response to this, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that there was no objective physical evidence, such as human flesh remarks, and it was insufficient to determine the alleged facts, and treated it without discipline.
In the opinion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lee’s office responded that “it is difficult to trust whether the re-examination of the remarks has been conducted in depth.” He pointed out, “Even if aside from remarks on human beings, disciplinary action was possible with just other words.”
In addition, it was found that no re-investigation was conducted on the suspicion of embezzling the funds of the mission. The informant insisted in Lee’s office that “they were trying to cover the case without disciplinary action, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ self-audit was poor, and that it was reduced and concealed.”
Rep. Lee said, “At the time of the last national supervision, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ sexual misconduct was the fundamental cause of the lack of leadership of the minister and the shallow sense of choice among diplomats. “It is a serious problem to be consistent with a comfortable appearance, and it must be corrected.”
Reporter Han Young-hye [email protected]