Prosecutors Investigate Former Jeongdaehyeop Employee for Noncompliance with Witness Summons

Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office
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[Asia Economy Reporter Donghoon Jeong] A former staff member of the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan (Jeongdaehyeop) appeared before the prosecution for questioning.

According to the legal community on the 2nd, the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office summoned and investigated former Jeongdaehyeop employee A, who was booked on charges of violating the Act on the Management of Subsidies, on the 28th of last month. Considering that A resides in Jeju Island, the Western District Prosecutors' Office reportedly sent investigators to Jeju to conduct the questioning at the Jeju District Prosecutors' Office.

The prosecution is said to have inquired about the details of the use and management methods of the national subsidies received by Jeongdaehyeop around 2014, when A was working there.

Earlier, A's lawyer submitted a report to the Human Rights Supervisory Office of the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office on the 15th of last month, claiming that the prosecution forced A to appear through coercive means by criminally booking him without notifying the charges or the facts of the case.

According to the report, A received a notice to appear as a witness from the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office but refused, stating, "I do not remember the details of work from six years ago, and I resigned in February 2015. I currently live in Jeju, so it is difficult to appear." In response, the prosecution booked A as a suspect and demanded his appearance again.

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