Lee Mi-kyung: "It's Hard to See Yoon Mi-hyang as Having Filled Personal Greed"
Lee Mi-kyung, President of the Korea International Cooperation Agency, is responding during the National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee's audit of the Korea International Cooperation Agency, Korea Foundation, and Overseas Koreans Foundation held on the morning of the 19th in Yeouido, Seoul. Photo by Yonhap News Agency
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-eun] On the 19th, Lee Mi-kyung, President of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), commented on the accounting fraud allegations against the Justice and Memory Foundation, stating, "I find it difficult to simply define it as an incident where Yoon Mi-hyang, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea (former director of the Justice and Memory Foundation), enriched herself for personal gain."
At the National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee's audit on the same day, in response to a question from Jeong Jin-seok, a member of the People Power Party, asking, "What do you think about the allegations that Yoon Mi-hyang, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, used public funds meant for comfort women victims for personal gain?" Lee said, "There are many parts that are not true."
He continued, "I believe many of the reports in the media are not factual," and emphasized, "This issue is being handled in court, and during the investigation process, it was ruled that many parts were not true."
In response to this answer, Representative Jeong criticized, "Yoon is facing eight charges including violation of the Subsidy Management Act. It seems you are implying that there might be some unjust parts due to mistakes," adding, "This response is out of touch with public sentiment."
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Meanwhile, regarding the accounting irregularities of the Justice and Memory Foundation exposed by comfort women victim Grandma Lee Yong-soo, President Lee responded by calling it a "misunderstanding." He said, "The way the grandmother raised the issue may have her reasons. Some of these have been clarified in court, and some are items that I believe can be resolved as misunderstandings."
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