Lawyer Kim Jaeryeon: "Should People with Many Debts After Divorce Be Shot to Death?"

Attorney Kim Jae-ryeon, representing the victim who accused the late former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon of sexual harassment and other charges, is appearing as a witness for questioning at the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office in Dobong-gu on the afternoon of the 14th of last month.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-ju] Kim Jae-ryeon, the legal representative of the sexual harassment victim in the case involving former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, recently criticized articles containing personal life details related to a Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries official who died from North Korean gunfire, calling them "uncomfortable."

On the 27th, Kim posted on her Facebook, "Is it acceptable for someone who divorced four months ago to be shot and killed? Is it acceptable for someone with a wage garnishment to be shot and killed? Is it acceptable for someone who borrowed private loans to be shot and killed?" She added, "Let's not recklessly dissect the personal lives of deceased individuals based on debt, divorce, or wage garnishment."

Photo by Kim Jaeryeon, captured from lawyer's Facebook.

She stated, "Isn't the core of the incident that 'an unarmed person, drifting at sea, was shot and killed'?" and criticized, "Articles about the deceased's personal life are very uncomfortable and troubling."

Meanwhile, Kim is the legal representative for the victim in the sexual harassment case involving former Mayor Park Won-soon. She has served as a member of the Human Rights Committee of the Korean Bar Association, a director at the Korea Sexual Violence Crisis Center, and from 2013 to 2015, she was the Director of the Rights Promotion Bureau at the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.

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