"‘Poor Ahn Hee-jung’ remark by Kim Gun-hee... Lee Soo-jung bows head in apology for Kim Ji-eun's mental anguish"

Kim Ji-eun Demands Apology from Kim Gun-hee for 'Me Too Remarks'... "Seeds of Secondary Harm"
Lee Soo-jung: "Sincerely Regret as Advisor to the Women’s Headquarters of the People Power Party Election Committee"

Professor Lee Su-jeong, Department of Criminal Psychology, Kyonggi University.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] On the 17th, Professor Lee Sujeong of the Department of Criminal Psychology at Kyonggi University apologized to Kim Ji-eun, the victim of former Chungnam Governor Ahn Hee-jung's sexual violence case, amid Kim Geon-hee, wife of Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party’s presidential candidate, saying that Ahn Hee-jung was "pitiful." Professor Lee currently serves as an advisor to the Women’s Headquarters of the People Power Party’s election campaign committee.

On the same day, through her Facebook, Professor Lee opened by saying, "As an advisor to the Women’s Headquarters of the People Power Party’s election campaign committee, I sincerely regret the mental distress caused to Kim Ji-eun, the victim of the Ahn Hee-jung case, by the recent 'Seoul Voice' recording controversy."

She added, "Although the candidate’s wife herself has long suffered from misogynistic character assassination due to the 'Julie rumor,' I bow my head and apologize for not providing careful consideration to the pain of Kim Ji-eun, the victim of sexual violence."

Earlier, MBC’s 'Straight' program released on the 16th a phone conversation between Kim Geon-hee and a reporter from the YouTube channel 'Seoul Voice.' In the recording, Kim said about the progressive camp’s 'Me Too' issue, "The Me Too movement first broke out under the Moon Jae-in administration, and they said they would catch them. Why would they want to catch them?" She added, "Honestly, I feel sorry for Ahn Hee-jung. My husband (Yoon Seok-yeol) and I are very much on Ahn Hee-jung’s side."

She also said, "Conservatives definitely take care of their own. They don’t exploit people for free. That’s why Me Too doesn’t really break out here," and "The reason Me Too breaks out is because they don’t get paid."

Regarding this, Kim Geon-hee apologized for her remarks related to Me Too in a written response sent to 'Straight,' saying, "I feel sorry to the public for the inappropriate remarks made in the process of criticizing some progressive figures involved in sexual exploitation."

However, Kim Ji-eun later criticized Kim Geon-hee’s attitude through a statement released via the Korea Sexual Violence Counseling Center, saying, "I demand a sincere apology from Kim Geon-hee," and "I have seen Kim Geon-hee’s attitude of treating even court-confirmed guilty cases with conspiracy theories and sarcasm."

She continued, "Apologize. The words you carelessly uttered have become seeds of secondary harm, and I am still suffering from malicious comments," urging Kim Geon-hee to apologize.

Meanwhile, former Governor Ahn is currently serving a prison sentence after being convicted by the Supreme Court in September 2019 to 3 years and 6 months in prison for sexual violence charges including rape by abuse of power in the workplace.

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