Park Young-sun "Tokyo apartment to be sold in February... Purchased while living in Japan after husband was ousted from company following MB's inauguration"

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Park Young-sun, the Democratic Party of Korea's candidate for Seoul mayor, announced on the 21st that she has disposed of an apartment in Tokyo, Japan, owned by her husband.

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On the same day, Park stated through social media (SNS), "After President Lee Myung-bak's inauguration, my husband was forced out of his company in 2008 and went to Japan, where he found a job and lived, which is why he purchased the apartment." She added, "The apartment was disposed of last February." Regarding the inclusion of the apartment in the asset declaration, she explained, "It was because the asset declaration was made as of the end of December last year."

Park disclosed the sale of the apartment by referencing the SNS of independent lawmaker Hong Joon-pyo. Earlier, Hong stated, "Park’s side explained that her husband was surveilled by MB, which led him to move his job to Tokyo and buy the apartment, but this is not accurate, so I want to clarify." He continued, "The incident that surfaced at that time was the Kim Kyung-joon planned entry theory, and since Mr. Shim, Kim Kyung-joon’s lawyer, and Park Young-sun’s husband worked together as colleagues at an LA law firm, it was suspected that there was some secret agreement regarding Kim Kyung-joon’s planned entry. Due to lack of evidence, no charges were filed, but a request for investigation was made to the prosecution to uncover the truth."

Regarding Hong’s post, Park said, "Thank you for your confession."

The issue of Park’s husband’s Tokyo apartment has been persistently pointed out by opposition parties.

On the same day, Kim Eun-hye, spokesperson for the People Power Party, criticized, "Last year, the Democratic Party said ‘the April 15 general election is a Korea-Japan showdown,’ yet they are strangely silent about Park Young-sun’s ultra-luxury apartment in Japan." She pointed out, "Those who branded a 3,000 won canned beer and a 10,000 won T-shirt as ‘pro-Japanese’ are silent about Park, who owns an apartment with a ‘Yasukuni Shrine view’ worth over 1 billion won." Kim added, "The anti-Japanese deep-rooted corruption play that urged ‘let’s take bamboo spears and stab our own side’ stops when it comes to a ‘Made in Japan’ apartment owned by their own candidate who pays taxes punctually to Japanese authorities. When I do it, it’s ‘overseas investment’; when others do it, it’s ‘native Japanese collaborators.’ The public is fed up with your hypocrisy and double standards."

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