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| Park Won-soon, former mayor of Seoul © News1 Reporter Heo Gyeong |
“I think it’s hard for me to pass this wave.”
This is one of the messages that the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, who made an extreme choice after raising suspicion of sexual harassment in July, before his death. The prosecution’s investigation revealed that Mayor Park made similar remarks to his aides several times, as if he was conscious of the possibility of being sued for sexual harassment.
On the 30th, the Seoul Northern District Prosecutor’s Office announced the results of the investigation of the accusation of the alleged leak of the former mayor’s lawsuit. The prosecution said that in the course of this investigation, it has adopted an investigation method that finds the outflow route of the accused in the reverse direction from the time of Mayor Park’s death.
According to the prosecution, Im Soon-young, former Seoul Gender News, held a stand with Mayor Park at about 3 pm on July 8, two days before the selection of the theater company, and asked,’I think there is something unpleasant or bad about the mayor. Asked.
It was found that the former special reporter received information on the allegations of sexual harassment by Mayor Park from the Democratic Party lawmaker Nam In-soon. Rep. Nam was confirmed to have heard the information from an official from a women’s organization.
Former Mayor Park denied’there is no such thing’ to the question. Next, when a special reporter Lim asked,’Do you have any contact with the victim after the April sexual assault incident?’, it turned out that he said’nothing’. ‘April sexual assault case’ refers to a case in which a male employee belonging to the secretary’s office of the mayor of Seoul sexually assaulted the victim on April 14th.
The situation changes around 11:00 pm on the same day, 8 hours after the exclusive study of the former Mayor Park and the former special reporter Lim. Mayor Park said at the mayor’s consulate at the time, with the intention that’there is a text message with the victim before the April incident, but it could be a problem’.
The next day, around 9:15 a.m. on July 9, former Mayor Park spoke with former Seoul City secretary chief Ko Han-seok, saying,’It seems like the victim is trying to do something with a female organization. When it is revealed, it will throw the mayor and deal with it. It is expected that there will be an accusation, and as soon as possible, it will be released to the media today or tomorrow.’ It is interpreted that the possibility of suspicion of sexual harassment around this time was also expected.
Afterwards, Mayor Park left the mission at around 10:44 am on the same day, leaving a memo saying’I’m sorry to everyone’.
At around 1:24 pm, three hours later, I sent a telegram message to the special reporter Lim, saying,’I can’t pass this wave at all’. It’s hard to handle it alone,’ he said.
Mayor Park’s mobile phone signal was cut off at around 3:39 pm on the same day. Mayor Park was found dead on the next day, July 10, at around 0:01 am, near the Sukjeongmun Gate of Mt. Bukak, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul.