Yoon Mi-hyang: "Nabi Fund Personal Account Unrelated to Apartment Purchase"

"Dedicated Account Established in 2012... Timing Differs from 2014 When Apartment Was Purchased"

Yoon Mi-hyang, then a Democratic Party of Korea elected member, held a press conference to explain allegations of accounting fraud related to the Justice Memory Solidarity on the 29th of last month at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul. / Photo by Asia Economy DB

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Lim Juhyung] Yoon Mee-hyang, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea accused of misusing comfort women donation funds, has denied using the donations collected in her personal account to purchase an apartment.

On the afternoon of the 1st, Rep. Yoon stated, "The Yoon Mee-hyang (Nabi Fund) account was opened under my personal name, but it is an account used exclusively for the Nabi Fund," adding, "It is not a 'mixed-use' account."

She continued, "The mixed-use account issue pertains to other fundraising activities that began in 2014, which is chronologically different from the apartment purchase in 2012," and added, "While the personal account was first opened in 2012, it was a dedicated account and was never mixed-use; the mixed-use account issue relates to fundraising activities starting from 2014."

The Nabi Fund was established on March 8, 2012, International Women's Day, by the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, the predecessor of the Justice and Memory Foundation, to support victims of wartime sexual violence.

After it became known that the account was opened under Rep. Yoon's personal name, some raised suspicions that the donation funds might have been used for personal purposes such as real estate transactions.

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