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| ▲ Nam In-soon takes off his mask Democratic Party lawmaker Nam In-soon attends the Central Committee held at the Yeouido National Assembly in Seoul on the morning of July 16 last year and takes off his mask. | |
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Democratic Party lawmaker Nam In-soon, who has been criticized for notifying the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon of the incident of sexual violence, said on the 5th that “the accused was not known in advance and has not been leaked.” It has been about a week since the results of the prosecution’s investigation came out.
On December 30, last year, the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors’ Office found out that the late Mayor Park Won-soon’s suspicion of the outflow of sexual violence accusations resulted in “Some members of the civic group learned that the victim’s lawyer requested support from the civic group before filing a complaint against former Mayor Park Won-soon. He announced that he told the news to a member of the National Assembly and the mayor of Seoul, whom he was familiar with. The National Assembly member is Rep. Nam In-soon, and the Seoul Mayor’s special reporter is his assistant former Gender Specialist Lim Soon-young.
At the time, the prosecution revealed detailed information in public information.
○ Civic group representative F talks with co-representative D of the same civic group at around 10:18 on July 8, 2020, and then D and member E speak on the same day around 10:31.
○ On the same day immediately after the call with D above, Assemblyman E called the special reporter of the Mayor of Seoul at around 10:33 and said,’It seems that there is an unpleasant talk about Mayor Park Won-soon.
○ The newsletter 甲 tried to check the contents over the phone with the representative of the civic group at around 10:39 on the same day immediately after the above call, and C responded with the intention of’how did you know?’
○ On the same day, at around 12:10, the representative of a civic group D and a member of the National Assembly received a letter stating that’D wants a call’. He was told that he was in contact with an attorney (the attorney of the victim’s April sexual assault case).
○ A special report was held at around 15:00 on July 8, 2020, with former Mayor Park Won-soon and asked,’I think there is something unpleasant or bad about the mayor, but do you know anything?’ When asked again,’Do you have any contact with the victim after the April sexual assault incident?’ Former Mayor Park Won-soon said with the intention of’No.’
Nam In-soon “I don’t know the accused… It’s not true that it was leaked”
Based on the results of the prosecution’s investigation, the opposition party demanded an explanation from Rep. Nam In-soon (related article: Justice Party “Rep. Nam In-soon, will you remain silent?”). On the 5th, he said, “After the announcement of the Northern District Prosecutors’ Office, there were reports that I had’leaked the accused’, but I did not know the’accused’ in advance, and did not leak it.”
Rep. Nam said, “Last year, on July 24th, we also revealed this point at the public meeting of the Supreme Council,” and “There is no change in this regard.” In addition, he repeatedly emphasized, “In the prosecution’s presentation,’the time when the former Mayor Park Won-soon first acquired information through a special report was before the victim’s complaint was filed.’
However, he said, “I asked the Seoul Gender News Agency on the morning of July 8,’I think there is an unpleasant talk about Mayor Park Won-soon, but what is happening?’ I did,” he added. He said that he only knew what was wrong with Mayor Park Won-soon, but he did not know what the content was and whether the victim sued Mayor Park.
Rep. Nam said, “I sympathize with the victim’s deep pain and give her comfort and hope that her daily life will recover.” He also said, “I apologize for causing confusion and concern to the people for a long time.”