[Summary] "I don't know MeToo, please relieve my grievance" Kim Wonseong disappears after leaving a will following 'Nomination Cancellation'

After Nomination Cancellation on the 19th, Missing Since Early Dawn of the 20th... Police Tracking Location
Suicide Note Expresses Grievance and Resentment Over MeToo

Kim Won-sung, a preliminary candidate for Busan Buk-Gangseo Eul of the United Future Party, held an emergency press conference in front of the Busan City Council on the 19th, fully denying the MeToo allegations.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon] Kim Won-seong, Supreme Council Member of the United Future Party (preliminary candidate for Busan Buk·Gangseo-eul), whose nomination was canceled due to sexual assault allegations, left a suicide note implying an extreme choice and disappeared, prompting the police to launch a search. The note denied the sexual assault allegations and asked for his grievances to be resolved. Currently, Kim’s mobile phone is reported to be turned off.

According to the police, at around 3:35 a.m. on the 20th, Kim left his home in Hwamyung-dong, Buk-gu, Busan, and his whereabouts have since been unknown.

Kim’s wife found a three-page suicide note written by him at home and reported it to the police. The police have deployed the missing persons team and patrol units to conduct a search.

In the handwritten note, Kim wrote, "I thought this was the only way to become a father who is not ashamed in front of our children, so I left home. Please forgive me," adding, "I feel truly pathetic and foolish for trying to convince you that politics is about dreaming of happiness together."

He continued, "I don’t know what MeToo or whatever it is, and I never had a chance to explain, so I hope you believe me," and "I hope those around me can help clear my grievances. Please don’t look for me, hold the press conference as planned, and I hope the MeToo accuser and the involved parties are revealed."

He also wrote, "There are many friends and acquaintances from Honam around me, so please say that I was never prejudiced against the region," and "Please convey my thanks and apologies to Representative Lee Eon-ju, who recognized my political potential as an ordinary young man."

Earlier on the 19th, the United Future Party canceled Kim’s nomination due to sexual assault allegations and decided to prioritize recommending Representative Kim Do-eup (strategic nomination).

The reason for canceling the nomination was that new, undeniable facts regarding Kim were specifically confirmed.

On the same day, the United Future Party’s Supreme Council held a closed meeting and resolved to invalidate Kim’s nomination. Representative Hwang Kyo-ahn explained, "The Nomination Management Committee made the decision, and we proceeded with the process accordingly."

As the controversy grew, Kim held an emergency press conference in front of the Busan City Council, stating, "I am deeply disappointed by the attempt to bring down a fresh young politician taking his first steps in politics through slander and intrigue," and denied all allegations against him.

He added, "This is an unprecedented foul play, slander, and intrigue," and criticized, "There are undisclosed recordings and a MeToo accuser who has not appeared." He requested the Nomination Management Committee to "publicly release the recordings to verify if my voice is genuine," and asked the person claiming MeToo to "come forward immediately."

He further said, "I am deeply saddened to see the hard-won conservative unification, achieved under the historic mission of conservative integration, being destroyed by selfish interests," and "I have lived striving to create a world without privilege and foul play, but I never expected such foul play from the united conservatives I trusted."

Pointing to Representative Kim Do-eup, who withdrew from running in Busan Buk-Gangseo-eul, he said, "If Representative Kim runs in the general election, I will run as an independent and judge him," and announced, "About 100 former and current nationwide university student council presidents and about 200 members of the Youth Innovation Group who worked with me plan to visit the central party to protest."

In response, Representative Kim Do-eup’s office stated, "If the spread of false information does not stop immediately, we will not hesitate to take strong legal action."

Meanwhile, Kim Won-seong is originally from the Future Forward 4.0 (Jeonjin Party). He joined the United Future Party together with Representative Lee Eon-ju and was given a single nomination for Kim Do-eup’s constituency, Busan Buk-Gangseo-eul, but was recently invalidated from the nomination due to sexual assault allegations.

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