Police Conduct First Investigation of Assemblywoman Bae Hyun-jin as Complainant in 'Late Park Won-soon's Son Military Service Allegation' Case

Assemblywoman Baek Hyun-jin of the United Future Party. [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] The police have launched a full-scale investigation into Bae Hyun-jin, a member of the Future United Party, on charges of defamation for raising allegations of military service corruption involving Jushin, the son of the late Park Won-soon, former mayor of Seoul.

According to the police on the 30th, the Songpa Police Station in Seoul conducted the first complainant investigation of Shin Seung-mok, head of the Anti-Corruption National Participation Solidarity, who filed a complaint against Assemblyman Bae the day before on charges of defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act.

The investigation took place from 3 p.m. and lasted about two and a half hours. On the 12th, Assemblyman Bae posted on her Facebook, "The second trial regarding the military service corruption allegations against Jushin has been suspended for over a year," adding, "I hope the retrial is conducted fairly and the second trial attendance will clearly conclude the allegations that have long troubled his father."

In response, Shin said, "Even though the clear truth has been revealed, cunningly distorting it and demanding the allegations be cleared is not something a member of the National Assembly should do, and it is a very vile and malicious act of defamation," and filed a complaint against Assemblyman Bae with the police on the 14th of this month.

Defamation is a 'quasi-official prosecution offense,' meaning that if the victim does not wish to prosecute, punishment cannot be imposed. However, it has been confirmed that no letter of non-prosecution has been submitted so far. A police official stated, "There is no set period for submitting a letter of non-prosecution," and added, "The schedule for investigating Assemblyman Bae has not yet been decided."

Previously, Shin also filed a complaint against the operators of the YouTube channel 'Garo Sero Yeonguso,' which aired broadcasts seemingly mocking the death of former Mayor Park, on charges of defamation of the deceased.

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