Police Transfer Lawyer Jeong Cheol-seung on Defamation Charges Filed by Victims of Late Mayor Park Won-soon

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] The police have handed over lawyer Jeong Cheol-seung (52), who was sued by the victim of the late former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon’s sexual violence case for revealing the victim’s identity on social networking services (SNS), to the prosecution.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced on the 10th that on the 28th of last month, they transferred lawyer Jeong to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on charges of violating the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes (disclosure of the victim’s identity and privacy), violation of the Personal Information Protection Act, breach of official secrets, and defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act.

According to the police, lawyer Jeong is suspected of posting content on his SNS last year that contained information enabling the identification of the victim in the former Mayor Park’s case.

The victim’s side filed a complaint against lawyer Jeong at the Seocho Police Station in Seoul in August of last year, and the police transferred the case to the Women and Juvenile Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency for investigation.

Lawyer Jeong had been representing the late Mayor Park’s bereaved family in administrative lawsuits against the National Human Rights Commission but resigned last month at the family’s request.

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