Prosecutors Investigate Jeonguiyeon Accounting Officer for 12 Hours Over 'Accounting Irregularities' Allegations

Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office
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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] The prosecution investigating allegations of omitted disclosure of donations by the Justice and Memory Foundation (Jeonguiyeondae) has summoned the foundation's accounting officer for the third time and conducted an investigation lasting over 12 hours.

According to legal circles on the 23rd, the Criminal Division 4 of the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Choi Ji-seok) summoned accounting officer A of Jeonguiyeondae as a witness around 10 a.m. the previous day and released them around 10:30 p.m. the same day. During the investigation lasting over 12 hours, the prosecution reportedly focused on the seized accounting documents.

The prosecution also questioned A as a witness on the 26th and 28th of last month.

From around 10 a.m. on the same day, the prosecution also re-summoned accounting officer B from the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan (Jeongdaehyeop), the predecessor of Jeonguiyeondae and the current operator of the War and Women's Human Rights Museum, for questioning. B had appeared as a witness before the prosecution on the 4th of this month. Another accounting officer C from the Jeongdaehyeop period was also questioned by the prosecution on the 1st.

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