Relay Solo Protests in Daegu Calling for 'Yoon Mi-hyang's Resignation and Jeonguiyeon Dissolution'

Kim Hyung-gi, Kyungpook National University Emeritus Professor: "Over 30 Members of the Daegu Citizens Support Group Join Grandmother Lee Yong-soo"

On the afternoon of the 8th, at the Peace Statue of the Girl in 2.28 Memorial Park, Jung-gu, Daegu, Professor Emeritus Kim Hyung-gi of Kyungpook National University is holding a solo protest urging the resignation of Democratic Party lawmaker Yoon Mee-hyang and the dissolution of the Justice Memory Solidarity.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Dongwook Park] Amid the ongoing prosecution investigation into allegations of accounting fraud and misuse of donations involving the Justice and Memory Foundation (Jeonguiyeondae) and Yoon Mee-hyang, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea and former director of Jeonguiyeondae, triggered by a press conference held by grandmother Lee Yong-soo, a victim of Japanese military sexual slavery, a relay solo protest demanding the dissolution of Jeonguiyeondae and the resignation of Representative Yoon has begun in Daegu.

Kim Hyung-ki, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Economics and Trade at Kyungpook National University, held a press conference on the afternoon of the 8th at the 'Statue of Peace' erected in front of the 2.28 Memorial Central Park in Jung-gu, Daegu, announcing that citizens would follow his lead in participating in the relay solo protests.

Professor Kim stated, "Grandmother Lee Yong-soo's heartfelt plea has not been reflected at all by the government and has been distorted by factional politics. As an intellectual, I cannot tolerate this, so I have stepped forward as the first participant in the relay solo protest." He repeatedly urged, "Representative Yoon is unfit to hold her parliamentary position due to fundraising through personal accounts and the private operation of the shelter."

Regarding Jeonguiyeondae, he claimed, "They have lost their fundamental function as a civic organization by engaging in accounting fraud and rejecting the legitimate rights of the comfort women grandmothers, while fostering anti-Japanese sentiment that harms national interests." He added, "About 30 local figures from various sectors will voluntarily participate in the relay solo protests under the name 'Lee Yong-soo Grandma Daegu Citizens Support Group,' regardless of any specific organization, political party, or faction. We will continue the solo protests until our demands are met, depending on public response."

The 'Lee Yong-soo Grandma Daegu Citizens Support Group' explained that these solo protests will be held daily, moving to different locations throughout Daegu city.

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