Ha Tae-kyung: "Yoon Mee-hyang Treats the Public Like Fools... Damage to the Morality of the Comfort Women Movement"

"Yoon Mi-hyang, Fundraising Through Personal Account... Fraudulent Accounting Group Should Be Expelled"
Yoon Mi-hyang "Many Donors Prefer to Remain Anonymous"

Former Director Yoon Mi-hyang of the Justice and Memory Foundation is speaking at the 1,431st Weekly Wednesday Demonstration for the Resolution of the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery Issue held in front of the former Japanese Embassy in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of March 18 / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Ga-yeon] Ha Tae-kyung, a member of the Future United Party, raised his voice of criticism against Yoon Mi-hyang, the elected proportional representative of the Democratic Citizens' Party and former chairperson of the Justice and Memory Foundation (Jeonguiyeokdae), saying she "treats the public like fools."

On the 14th, Ha posted on his Facebook, "Do you think the public cannot distinguish between the donor list and the use of donations? If Yoon does not treat the public like fools, how could such distortion be possible?" he said.

Regarding broadcaster Kim Eo-jun's remark that "many donors do not want to be disclosed, so the details cannot be revealed," which Yoon agreed with, Ha pointed out, "Donors not wanting to be disclosed refers to their real names, not the usage details of the donations," adding, "But is there anyone who would absolutely oppose disclosing how their money is used?"

He continued, "Is there any donor who is not at all curious whether their donations are used for good causes, meaningless purposes, or even embezzled?" and strongly criticized, "Even if you make excuses, make them plausible, and if you distort, do so within reason."

Ha Tae-kyung, Member of the Future United Party (Busan Haeundae Gap) / Photo by Yonhap News

On the same day, Ha posted another message claiming, "It has been confirmed that Yoon and Jeonguiyeokdae also received fundraising for the grandmothers into personal accounts."

He added, "The ones who nullified the 30-year comfort women movement are Yoon, who could not distinguish between public and private funds, and the Justice and Memory Foundation. Organizations with accounting fraud are automatically expelled from the international civil society," and said, "Since it has already been reported to the prosecution, the specific illegality will be revealed through investigation."

He further stated, "At the very least, it is clear that Yoon and Jeonguiyeokdae could not even distinguish between public and private funds while handling an international hot issue beyond Korea," and criticized, "This incident is not simply a problem of Yoon and Jeonguiyeokdae alone but has left a significant stain on the morality of the comfort women movement."

Finally, Ha said, "How desperate must it be for Grandmother Lee Yong-soo to say that Yoon should not be a member of the National Assembly and even call for the dissolution of Jeonguiyeokdae?" and emphasized, "The truth cannot be hidden until the end. If Yoon and Jeonguiyeokdae try to cover it up lightly, the legitimacy of the comfort women movement will suffer irreparable damage."

Earlier, on the 13th, Yoon, in an interview with tbs radio's 'Kim Eo-jun's News Factory,' responded to allegations of embezzlement of donations by saying, "There is an intention to divide the grandmothers and activists, to silence the voices of the past 30 years that have worked to resolve the issue of Japanese military sexual slavery, and to restrict my voice."

Regarding the allegations of accounting irregularities at Jeonguiyeokdae, she explained it as a "clerical error."

Also, concerning the disclosure of the donor list, when the host said, "Many people do not want their names to be disclosed, so it cannot be released," she replied, "That's right."

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