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On the 27th, Congressman Ha Tae-gyeong criticized Justice Party lawmaker Jang Hye-yeong as “strong regret” to a civic group that accused former Justice Party president Kim Jong-cheol, saying, “It contradicts the position of the Justice Party.”
Congressman Ha said on Facebook on the same day that “The Justice Party, who had approved the abolition of sexual convictions, now wants to revive paternity convictions.”
Earlier, Rep. Jang raised the day to the civic group’Active Bindan’, which accused former CEO Kim of forcibly harassment, saying, “I am very sorry for proceeding with criminal charges against the perpetrators while ignoring my intentions.”
Respecting the intention of the victim as a top priority is the practice of victim-centredism, so the criminal accusation measures that the victim does not want is another form of secondary offense, according to Mr. Chang.
Rep. Jang said, “As a victim, it is very unfair to endlessly implicate me as a victim, irrespective of my willingness to recover my daily life in the way I want. He also emphasized, “I have to deal with the secondary harm that will accompany the process by recalling and explaining the damage.”
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However, Congressman Ha counterattacked this claim as overturning the efforts of the women’s movement, including the Justice Party.
Congressman Ha said, “The Justice Party was in a position that it should accept sex crimes as a social issue, not as a deviation of individuals. So, it has been in favor of the’abolition of parental crimes,’ which allows punishment if a third party accuses even if the party does not want to.” Pointed out.
He then criticized him as saying, “Yes, the party representative’s allegations of sexual harassment should not be prosecuted criminally,” he said.
Rep. Ha said, “The sexual crimes that were abolished in 2012 had a long history of controversy. The side that should maintain parental crimes, like Rep. Chang, was concerned about the secondary harassment of victims.” It was finally abolished after the efforts of the party. It was also in the presidential election pledge of Justice Party lawmaker Shim Sang-jeong,” he emphasized.
“As a victim,” he said, “I understand the worries of Rep. Chang as a victim,” and “because it is both the Jang himself and the Justice Party that brought this matter to the public field, there are also public responsibilities. “If you’re going to make an argument against it, it would be a responsible act as a legislative body to initiate a bill to resurrect parental offenses.”
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On the 26th, CEO Hong Jeong-sik of the civic group’Hwabindan’ said, “As it is not an end due to resignation and dismissal of position, the accused must be subjected to a strict legal judgment.” The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, which took over the case, has begun an investigation.
Under the current law, the case of forced harassment is not a crime of parenting, so investigation of the perpetrator is possible without the victim’s complaint. After reviewing the contents of the accusation, the police are expected to investigate victims and secure closed circuit (CC) TV.
A police official explained, “We will consider various situations in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations because there are principles,” regarding the direction of the investigation, such as if the victim does not respond to the investigation. The official said that the reason for the transfer of the case from the Yeongdeungpo Police Station to the Seoul Police Agency was “because it is a major case as a national issue.”