'Accounting Fraud Suspicion' Jeongdaehyeop Accounting Officer Summoned as Witness for Investigation

On the 25th, ahead of Grandmother Lee Yong-soo's second press conference raising concerns about the lack of transparency in the use of funds by the Justice Memory Solidarity, a sense of silence prevailed at the Justice Memory Solidarity office in Mapo-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] The prosecution investigating the Justice and Memory Foundation (Jeonguiyeondae), which is under suspicion for omitting sponsorship fund accounting and the purchase of a shelter in Anseong, is summoning the person in charge of accounting during the activities of the predecessor organization, the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan (Jeongdaehoe), as a witness for questioning.

According to Jeonguiyeondae on the 1st, the Criminal Division 4 of the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Choi Ji-seok) summoned a Jeonguiyeondae official, Mr. A, as a witness for questioning that morning.

Mr. A is a different individual from Mr. B, the Jeonguiyeondae accounting officer who was previously questioned as a witness on the 26th and 28th of last month. He was responsible for accounting during the Jeongdaehoe period.

Mr. B, the Jeonguiyeondae accounting officer, was interviewed in a non-formal manner without preparing a written record during the previous two investigations. However, the investigation of Mr. A on this day was reportedly a formal inquiry with a written record.

Earlier, several civic groups filed complaints with the prosecution against former Jeonguiyeondae Chairperson and Democratic Party lawmaker Yoon Mi-hyang and related parties regarding Jeonguiyeondae's poor accounting, allegations of embezzlement of sponsorship funds, and suspicions surrounding the purchase and sale of the Anseong shelter since the 11th of last month. The number of complaints against Yoon and Jeonguiyeondae and Jeongdaehoe officials under investigation by the prosecution has reached about ten.

The prosecution also conducted raids over two days from the 20th to the 21st of last month at three locations: Jeonguiyeondae's office in Mapo-gu, Seoul; the War and Women's Human Rights Museum, which is the office address of Jeongdaehoe; and the Mapo 'House of Peace'.

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