'Samyoung Chemical Group Founder' in 70s Housekeeper Cleared of Sexual Harassment Charges

The police have determined that Lee Jong-hwan, chairman of the Kwanjeong Lee Jong-hwan Education Foundation, who was accused of sexual harassment, is not guilty of the charges.

Lee Jong-hwan, Chairman of the Lee Jong-hwan Education Foundation

According to the police on the 1st, the Hyehwa Police Station in Seoul decided not to prosecute the case, concluding that there was insufficient evidence to support the charge of sexual harassment by abuse of authority under the Sexual Violence Punishment Act against Chairman Lee.

A woman in her 70s, A, who worked as Chairman Lee's live-in housekeeper since October last year, filed a complaint with the police in December, alleging that she was repeatedly forced into acts of sexual nature at his home and during business trips.

The police plan to continue investigating A's theft allegations. Prior to A's complaint, Chairman Lee filed a complaint against her, claiming that she had freely charged tens of millions of won on his credit card.

Chairman Lee is the founder of Samyoung Chemical Group and is known as the "1 trillion won donation king." In 2000, he established the Kwanjeong Lee Jong-hwan Education Foundation, Asia's largest scholarship foundation named after himself, and donated most of his assets to it. The foundation has provided 247.8 billion won in scholarships and educational support to domestic and international students and educational institutions to date. It is reported that the number of domestic and international scholarship recipients produced by the foundation has reached about 11,000 annually over the past 20 years. In 2009, he was awarded the Mugunghwa Medal in recognition of these contributions.

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