Police Send Lawmaker Park Wan-joo to Prosecutors on Charges of Forced Sexual Assault Allegations

Abuse of Authority Charges Deemed Insufficient Evidence

Park Wan-joo, the Policy Committee Chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, is attending the floor strategy meeting held at the National Assembly on the 9th and delivering opening remarks. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] The police have handed over independent lawmaker Park Wan-joo, who was accused of sexually harassing his aide, to the prosecution.

On the 14th, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Women and Juvenile Crime Investigation Unit announced that they had sent Park to the prosecution on charges of forcible molestation causing injury. However, the police decided not to prosecute on charges of abuse of authority due to insufficient evidence.

A, who worked as an aide to Park, filed a complaint against Park at the Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul on May 16, accusing him of forcible molestation by abuse of power in the course of duty, abuse of authority, and defamation by spreading false information.

Subsequently, considering the importance of the case, including Park's status as a sitting member of the National Assembly, the police transferred the case to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has been conducting an investigation for seven months, including questioning related parties and collecting and analyzing relevant materials.

At the time the allegations were raised, Park denied them through a Facebook post, saying, "It is a tragic matter that not only my political career but also my life, in which I have tried to live rightly, is being completely denied."

He was expelled from the Democratic Party of Korea after the related allegations surfaced.

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