Prosecutors Launch Investigation into Yoon Mi-hyang for Attending Chongryon Event

The prosecution has launched an investigation into independent lawmaker Yoon Mi-hyang, who was accused of violating the National Security Act after attending a memorial ceremony for the massacre of Koreans during the Great Kanto Earthquake, hosted by the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon).

Independent lawmaker Yoon Mi-hyang Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

On the 5th, the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office announced that it had assigned Yoon's National Security Act violation case to the 5th Criminal Division.

Yoon is suspected of attending the memorial ceremony held by Chongryon at Yokoamicho Park in Tokyo, Japan, on the 1st. On the 3rd, the Ministry of Unification stated that Yoon's attendance at the memorial ceremony constituted an unreported contact without prior notification and approval, making it subject to a fine. At the event Yoon attended, Go Deok-woo, chairman of Chongryon's Tokyo headquarters, reportedly referred to South Korea as the "South Korean puppet regime."

Accusations against Yoon continue. On the same day, Lee Jong-bae, a Seoul city council member from the People Power Party, held a press conference in front of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency and announced that he had filed a complaint against Yoon for violations of the National Security Act and the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Act, as well as charges of falsifying official documents and holding events. Conservative civic groups, including the Mom Unit and the Comfort Women Fraud Eradication Solidarity, also filed complaints against Yoon the previous day for violating the National Security Act.

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