Prosecutors Dismiss Sexual Assault Complaint Against Kim Hak-eui... Investigation into False Accusation Charges Also Closed

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] The prosecution has dismissed charges against former Deputy Minister of Justice Kim Hak-ui (64), who was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at the villa of construction businessman Yoon Joong-chun (59).

Earlier, in June last year, the prosecution indicted former Deputy Minister Kim on bribery charges related to receiving sexual favors from another woman.

According to the prosecution on the 10th, the investigation team related to the Ministry of Justice's Prosecution Past Affairs Committee (led by Daegu District Prosecutor General Yeo Hwan-seop) dismissed the charges of gang rape causing injury (special rape causing injury) against former Deputy Minister Kim, who was accused along with Yoon of sexually assaulting Ms. Choi. The case in which former Deputy Minister Kim and Ms. Choi accused each other of false accusations was also closed without charges.

The prosecution judged that the credibility of the victim's testimony was low, but there was not enough evidence to prove it was false.

Ms. Choi has claimed that in March 2008, she was gang-raped by the two men in the dressing room of Yoon's villa in Wonju, Gangwon Province.

The prosecution initially dismissed Ms. Choi's sexual assault allegations in 2013 but received her complaint again during the reinvestigation of allegations related to former Deputy Minister Kim last year. Former Deputy Minister Kim filed a false accusation charge against Ms. Choi.

Accordingly, all complaints and accusations submitted to the prosecution regarding former Deputy Minister Kim's 'villa sexual favors' allegations have been concluded. The case in which the victim's representatives and women's organizations refiled complaints against former Deputy Minister Kim and others in December last year is being handled by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Intelligent Crime Investigation Unit.

Meanwhile, former Deputy Minister Kim was arrested and indicted in June last year on charges of receiving bribes worth approximately 170 million won. During the trial, additional bribery charges exceeding 100 million won were added, but he was acquitted and released in the first trial in November last year.

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