Yoon Mi-hyang: "Treated as a Criminal at Japanese Airport in the Past... Unreasonable and Unfair Investigation"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park So-yeon] Yoon Mi-hyang, an independent member of the National Assembly and former representative of the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan (Jeongdaehyeop, formerly the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan), revealed that she was treated like a criminal at a Japanese airport in the past.

On the 14th, Yoon Mi-hyang made this statement during the keynote speech at an online seminar hosted by a Japanese civic group commemorating the "30th Anniversary of Kim Hak-soon’s Public Testimony and the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery."

Referring to her past visit to Japan, Yoon said, "On August 11, 2017, at the airport in Osaka, I was immediately taken to a strange office."

Yoon stated, "For about 30 minutes to an hour, I was treated like a criminal, being interrogated with questions such as 'Why did you come? Where are you going? Who will you meet in Osaka?'"

She claimed, "At Hiroshima Airport, they made me show my underwear and asked, 'What is inside here? Are there bundles of dollars? Are there firearms? Are there drugs?' Through various unreasonable and unfair investigation methods, they intimidated and made me uncomfortable."

Yoon said that at the time, she did not understand why these things were happening, but the truth was revealed through a report by MBC's 'PD Notebook' on the 10th.

Introducing the report that the National Intelligence Service of Korea provided information to Japanese public security and right-wing groups during visits by her and the surviving victims of the Japanese military sexual slavery, she said, "What was shocking was that it was revealed that there was even an order to strip the woman (Yoon Mi-hyang) of her underwear."

Yoon claimed, "Why did such things happen during the Park Geun-hye administration? The truth is emerging that this was related to the Korea-Japan comfort women agreement."

However, the August 2017 incident when she claimed to have been treated like a criminal at the Osaka airport occurred after the Moon Jae-in administration took office.

Additionally, she mentioned, "From 2007 to 2012, the National Intelligence Service frequently checked the emails of Yang No-ja, who was the secretary-general of Jeongdaehyeop, and myself, the representative, without our knowledge," adding, "They monitored whether Yang No-ja and I were engaged in espionage activities."

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