'Drunken Assault on Woman' O Taeyang, Former Leader of Miraedang, Indicted and Detained

Former Future Party co-representative Oh Taeyang has been brought to trial on charges of sexually assaulting a woman who was intoxicated.

O Tae-yang, former co-representative of the Future Party
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According to the prosecution on the 26th, the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office indicted former representative Oh on charges of quasi-forced molestation and took him into custody.

Oh is accused of taking a woman who was drunk and collapsed on the street to a nearby motel and sexually assaulting her in May of last year. Initially, the police sent him to prosecution without detention. In response, the prosecution conducted a supplementary investigation, secured additional physical evidence, and arrested Oh on the 18th to proceed with the investigation.

Oh, who gained attention in 2001 by declaring conscientious objection to military service, ran for the 21st general election in 2020 and the Seoul mayoral election the following year but was defeated.

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