Yoon's Message Staff Booked for 'Illegal Filming of Women'... Opposition Party Attacks, Saying "Fueling 'Gender Conflict'"

The Democratic Party Criticizes Yoon Linked to the Campaign Promise to Abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, attended the dialogue event "Nth Room, Digital Sex Crime Tracking Chronicle" held on the 9th at the Future Party headquarters in Mapo-gu, Seoul, aimed at eradicating digital sex crimes. He held a discussion with Park Ji-hyun, the vice chairperson of the Women's Committee and the first reporter of the Nth Room case. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Seul-gi] As a National Assembly aide responsible for the message of Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, was booked on charges of illegally filming a woman's body, the Democratic Party called for a thorough investigation, questioning, "Is it really a coincidence that the abolition of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family was mentioned?"

The Democratic Party's Election Committee Women's Committee and the Dynamite Youth Election Committee held a joint press conference at the party headquarters on the 17th, stating, "It is shocking that the suspect of illegal filming served as a secretary to a lawmaker of a public party, and even more distressing that he was responsible for the presidential candidate's messaging."

Park Ji-hyun, a special committee member for digital sexual crime eradication of the Democratic Party and a former activist of the tracking group Bulkkot who first exposed the so-called 'Telegram Nth Room case,' criticized, "Candidate Yoon Seok-yeol and the People Power Party have been dividing men and women and inciting 'gender conflict.' They have boldly stated that 'there is no structural gender discrimination,' and when survivor Lee Yong-soo of the 'Japanese military comfort women' victims earnestly said that they would be lost without the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok shamelessly replied that abolishing the Ministry is a core pledge."

Park added, "The People Power Party consistently refuses to answer questions about women's safety and gender equality pledges, and their pledge press releases contain misogynistic expressions such as 'Ottoke'."

Kwon Ji-woong, co-chairman of the Democratic Party's Youth Joint Election Committee, also said, "Candidate Yoon must thoroughly clarify what tasks the message team member accused of illegal filming was involved in," and added, "Leader Lee Jun-seok should apologize to the victims and the public as the party leader regarding this incident."

Earlier, Baek Hye-ryun, senior spokesperson of the Democratic Party's election committee, also raised her voice in a briefing on the same day, demanding clarification on which messages the secretary accused of illegal filming was involved in for candidate Yoon. She said, "There were media reports that the secretary was in charge of Yoon Seok-yeol's messaging work at the People Power Party's election headquarters and was responsible for the one-line pledge on Facebook to 'abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.' This is not an issue that can be resolved by simply dismissing the secretary."

Meanwhile, the person booked by the police on charges of illegal filming was known to have belonged to the office of People Power Party lawmaker Kwon Seong-dong and has reportedly been dismissed.

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