Comfort Women Victim Shelter Director Found Dead at Home (Update)

On the afternoon of the 21st, prosecutors are conducting a search and seizure at the Justice Memory Solidarity shelter in Mapo-gu, while reporters are waiting at the scene. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] Amid the prosecution's investigation into the Justice and Memory Foundation (Jeonguiyeondae) over allegations of improper accounting and misuse of donations, A (60), the director of "Peace Our Home," a shelter for former Japanese military 'comfort women' victims located in Yeonnam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, which was subject to a prosecution raid, was found dead.

According to the Paju Police Station in Gyeonggi Province on the 7th, the police received a report on the 6th from an acquaintance of A stating that "there has been no contact." Responding to the report, the police and fire authorities opened the entrance door of A's apartment in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, around 10:35 p.m. and found A deceased in the bathroom.

The prosecution had conducted a raid on Peace Our Home on the 21st of last month in connection with the investigation into the Justice and Memory Foundation.

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