The police released the results of an investigation into the suspicion of sexual harassment by former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon. It took 164 days. We judged that there was insufficient evidence for allegations that Seoul city officials condoned and concealed sexual harassment. The victims protested that they did not actively investigate, and that they did not announce even the contents confirmed by the investigation.
This is reporter Baek Min-kyung.
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In the end, the police did not reveal why the former mayor of Seoul City Park Won-soon made the extreme choice.
The police said that there is something that can be found on Mayor Park’s mobile phone, but it cannot be revealed because of the honor of Mayor Park and his family.
With the death of Mayor Park, the right to prosecute disappeared, and the way to confirm the suspicion of sexual harassment disappeared.
It was decided to send a charge to the prosecution for the allegations that the aides of the former mayor of the former mayor were aiding even though they were aware of the assault.
The police explained that it was difficult to ascertain which of the statements by the victim and former Mayor Park aides was correct.
There was a limit as all warrants for Mayor Park’s mobile phone, who applied twice, were dismissed.
Recently, Min Kyung-guk, former Seoul personnel planning secretary and professor Kim Min-woong, professor at Kyung Hee University, decided to investigate further in the case of revealing the victim’s handwritten letter on social media.
The prosecution is investigating the suspicion that someone leaked the suspicion of sexual harassment and informed the former Mayor Park.
In this investigation, only 15 people accused of inflicting secondary harassment on victims were passed by the police to the prosecution.
They are alleged to have posted malicious comments about the victim online or disclosed photos of someone they have no relationship with as the victim.
The victims are strongly opposed.
For 164 days, 46 people were invested in the investigation, but only those who made the second offense were handed over to the prosecution opinion, which means that it is a’poor investigation’.
In particular, the police criticized the police for causing secondary damage by not making announcements even after confirming that the victims had complained about personnel grievances and sexual violence grievances.
He also pointed out that the confusion was raised by repeating the conclusion that everyone knew that there was no right to prosecute, and that it provided a basis for those who made second offenses to unfold distorted stories at will.
(Video Design: Lee Chang-Hwan / Video Graphics: Han Young-ju)