Prosecutors Seek Arrest Warrant for Former Miraedang Leader Oh Taeyang on Sexual Harassment Charges

Pretrial Detention Hearing Scheduled for the 18th

The prosecution has requested an arrest warrant for Oh Taeyang, former leader of the Miraedang, on charges of sexually assaulting a drunken woman (quasi-forced molestation).

O Tae-yang, former leader of the Future Party.
Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers Group

According to the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office on the 17th, the Women and Children Crime Investigation Division (headed by Jang Hyeyoung) filed the arrest warrant request for former leader Oh on the 13th, and a warrant hearing is scheduled to be held at the Seoul Eastern District Court on the 18th.

Former leader Oh is accused of taking a woman who had collapsed drunk on the street in late May to a nearby motel and sexually assaulting her. It was also investigated that he took the victim's wallet and did not return it.

Oh is known to deny the charges, claiming that he was trying to help the woman.

Oh gained attention in 2001 by declaring conscientious objection to military service. In 2020, he ran for the 21st general election in the Gwangjin District of Seoul, and in 2021, he ran for the Seoul mayoral by-election but was defeated.

The Miraedang is a progressive party advocating pacifism, ecology, anti-authoritarianism, LGBTQ rights, and youth politics.

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