The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced on the 29th that it will send the charges against Mayor Park’s forcible harassment and violation of the Sexual Violence Penalty Act to the prosecution with an opinion of “no prosecution (no public prosecution)”.
A police official said, “The victim and the reference person were investigated and the data were reviewed, but mayor Park Jeon was found dead, and in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations, it has no choice but to be sent to the prosecution as an unprosecutionary opinion.” It is a statement, but there was a limit to confirming the facts due to death.
He did not respond to reporters’ questions, saying, “We cannot talk about unconfirmed matters.” However, in connection with the second harassment of sexual violence, 15 people were handed over to the prosecution for prosecution, and two were transferred to the military base. In addition, it is investigating by establishing a professor Kim Min-woong, Kyung Hee University Future Civilization Institute, who recently disclosed the victim’s real name on social network service (SNS).
The city’s vice mayor and former and current mayor’s secretary’s office allegedly accused of aiding sexual harassment were also investigated, but in the end, all seven of the accused officials were decided to hand over to the prosecution with non-prosecution opinions. The reason why the police, who investigated 31 people, including the reference person, was the lack of evidence. Previously, the police applied for seizure and search warrants twice for forensic work on Mayor Park’s mobile phone, but both were dismissed in court. The police questioned the motive of Park’s sudden death. In particular, when asked by reporters about whether there were any clues on the cell phone of Mayor Park, he answered only that “It is difficult to tell the specific motive considering the honor of the bereaved family and the deceased.” The police said, “What is the reason for completing the investigation now?” “The last thing I expected was a cell phone seizure and search warrant (to investigate suspicion of sexual harassment assistance).” There was no” he said. He said, “We have summarized what we have comprehensively investigated so far, and the forensic in the case of the lawsuit was concluded on the 23rd, and it was decided that it was time for Songchi.”
On July 8, the police previously filed a complaint alleging the alleged harassment of former Mayor Park. However, Mayor Park suddenly left alone on July 9 and was found dead near the Sukjeongmun Gate of Mt. On the 16th of the same month, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency organized the’Investigation Task Force (TF) dedicated to the Park Won-soon case’ to investigate the details of the death and related suspicions. The announcement of the conclusion of the investigation came five months after the investigation began.
The victim, Mr. A, expressed regret, saying, “Apart from the crime charges, the police did not reveal the facts the victim wanted to explain.” Mr. A’s legal representative Kim Jae-ryeon, lawyer at Law Firm Onse-sang, said, “The police should have clarified the facts revealed as a result of the investigation regarding the harassment and harassment of Mayor Park, but it is regrettable not to mention this.” The issue of secondary abuse continued. Attorney Kim said, “While the police did not properly comment on the harassment of Mayor Park, it failed to sound the alarm at the wrongdoing of supporters who tried to deny and distort the damage, and it is rather contributing to the continuation of the widespread secondary abuse. I am concerned,” he criticized.
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