On the 4th, when news of the death of former Sergeant Byun Hee-soo, who was forcibly discharged after having undergone a sex change operation, a memorial space for Sergeant Byeon is prepared in front of the representative office of the Justice Party in Yeouido, Seoul. Reporter Oh Jong-taek
The late former army sergeant Byun Hee-soo filed an administrative lawsuit to cancel the disposition. I got it. The day before Sergeant Byun died, the military reiterated its existing position on Sergeant Byun.
According to Lim Tae-hoon, director of the Military Rights Center on that day, the military submitted a 54-page preparatory letter to the court three days ago stating that Sergeant Byun Hee-soo must be forcibly discharged. In a written preparation, the military argued that the military should be dismissed from the military for reasons such as’no male genitals is a disability’,’genital reconstruction surgery deliberately damages the body’, and’no social consensus and public consensus’. .
Therefore, in a call with JoongAng Ilbo on the day, Director Lim said, “It is a repetition of the position that the military has consistently insisted,” and “However, the military does not clarify why it is mentally and physically impaired and where it falls under the law related to disability. I made a position,” he said.
Lim also pointed out the court’s late handling process. He said, “It is also a problem that the court never held a hearing to proceed with a lawsuit even after 7 months (after filing a lawsuit),” he said. “The court always insists that it is a bastion of human rights in words, but what it does is not. The sergeant is dead,” he exclaimed.
General Lim criticized the military as “there is hate and exclusion” after Sergeant Byeon’s death and “the military’s betrayal and discrimination are the root causes.”
Tae-Hoon Lim Director of the Military Rights Center. Newsis
Sergeant Byeon was dismissed forcibly on the grounds that he underwent sex change (male → female) surgery while serving in the military. In July of last year, when the examination by the Army’s Personnel Appeals was dismissed, in August, a month later, it filed a lawsuit against the Chief of Staff of the Army for cancellation of disposition. The lawsuit was ahead of its first trial in April. Sergeant Byun was found dead at his home on the 3rd.
General Lim criticized the military on this day through his Facebook as well. Regarding the military’s expression of condolences immediately after the news of the death of Sergeant Byeon, Director Lim said, “The army conveyed contemptuous condolences to the obituary of a comrade who had been together for four years, saying,’There is no separate military position on the news of the death of civilians. “Criticized.
At the same time, Director Lim said, “What the military should convey to Sergeant Byun Hee-soo is not a condolence, not an apology, not an excuse.” Will surely recover.”
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