Daegum Assigned to Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office for Four Complaints Related to Late Former Mayor Park Won-soon

Attorney Kim Jae-ryeon, representing the victim A who accused the late former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon of sexual harassment and other charges, is speaking at the "Press Conference on the Sexual Harassment Case by the Seoul Mayor" held on the 13th at Korea Women's Hotline in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul. Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] The complaint cases related to the late former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon have been assigned to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.

On the 16th, a representative from the Supreme Prosecutors' Office stated, "Four complaint documents related to the Seoul mayor have been assigned to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office today."

Once the department assignment is made at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, it is expected that the relevant department will make the final decision on whether the prosecution will conduct a direct investigation or issue an investigative directive to the police.

Previously, the civic group Action Alliance for Establishing the Rule of Law (Beopse-ryeon) filed a complaint with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office against Blue House officials and police officers on charges of leaking the complaint facts (breach of official secrets, instigation of evidence destruction, obstruction of official duties).

On the same day, the conservative lawyer group 'Lawyers for Human Rights and Unification of Korea' also filed a complaint with the prosecution against police, Blue House, and Seoul City Hall officials regarding suspicions of leaking the fact that the late former mayor Park was sued.

On the 14th, the civic group Halbindan filed a complaint with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office against unidentified Blue House and police officials on charges of breaching official secrets. They also filed complaints against Seo Jeong-hyeop, acting mayor of Seoul, Kim Woo-young, political vice mayor, and Moon Mi-ran, former political vice mayor, on charges of aiding forced sexual harassment through abuse of power in the course of duty.

The civic groups Future Opening Young Lawyers' Association and Free Republic of Korea Patriotic Corps also filed complaints with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office on the 14th, alleging that there was suspicion of informing the late former mayor Park about the lawsuit. They accused employees of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency and the Blue House of breaching official secrets. They also filed complaints against Seo, the acting mayor, and other current and former Seoul vice mayors and secretaries for abuse of authority and neglect of duty.

If the prosecution initiates an investigation, it is expected that they will first verify ▲ the legality of the Blue House Secretariat regulations cited by the police as grounds for reporting to the Blue House ▲ whether the person who conveyed the lawsuit facts was a police officer, a Blue House official, or someone else ▲ and whether there were Seoul city officials who knew about the sexual harassment but neglected to act.

In particular, during the investigation of Seoul city officials accused of aiding the sexual harassment of Mayor Park, a preliminary verification of whether the late former mayor Park committed forced sexual harassment is expected to be conducted.

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