Prosecutors Investigate Yoon Mee-hyang Over Allegations of Exploiting Grandmother Gil Won-ok

Lee Jong-bae, representative of the Rule of Law Restoration Action Alliance (Beopse-ryeon), is heading to the civil service office of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the 8th to file a complaint against Yoon Mee-hyang, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, for alleged elder abuse related to the concealment of rib fractures of grandmother Gil Won-ok, a victim of the Japanese military sexual slavery.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Donghoon Jeong] The Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office is investigating a case in which Yoon Mee-hyang, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, was accused by a civic group of forcing Gil Won-ok, a victim of the Japanese military sexual slavery, to endure overseas schedules despite having fractured ribs.

The Action Alliance for the Restoration of the Rule of Law (Beopse-ryeon) announced on the 14th that "the case in which Representative Yoon was accused of violating the Elderly Welfare Act has been assigned to the Criminal Division 4 of the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office."

The organization filed a complaint with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office on the 8th, alleging that Yoon, who was the executive representative of the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan (Jeongdae-hyeop) in December 2017, knew about Gil's fractured ribs during their trip to Germany but neglected it and forced the schedule to proceed.

Previously, former Game Rating and Administration Committee member Yeom Myung-sook raised such suspicions through her YouTube video. In response, Representative Yoon strongly denied on social networking services (SNS), stating, "There were no symptoms or circumstances during the visit to Germany that would suggest a fracture."