Women’s Group “Secondary Harm Must Stop,” Candidate Park’s Camp “Clear Falsehood”
The Gwangju-Jeonnam Women's Association held a press conference on the 27th, urging a reinvestigation into the sexual harassment case involving Park Hong-ryul, the candidate for Mokpo mayor. Photo by Seung-hyun Jeong
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Seunghyun] The Gwangju-Jeonnam Women's Association has called for a strict reinvestigation into the sexual harassment case involving Park Hongryul, the former mayoral candidate of Mokpo, Jeonnam.
On the 27th, the association held a press conference at the Mokpo branch of the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office, claiming that the woman who reported the sexual harassment requested a confrontation interrogation and a lie detector test during the police investigation process, but candidate Park refused citing health reasons.
The association explained, "The victim has filed an objection to the police's decision of no charges on the 5th," and added, "The prosecution plans to reinvestigate the case."
They also demanded an end to secondary victimization against the victim, stating, "Candidate Park has labeled the victim's accusation as false information stemming from political manipulation and is spreading insulting rumors and comments about the woman."
Meanwhile, Park's side issued a statement on the 27th regarding the women's association's press conference, saying, "The women's association's demand to 'stop the character assassination, defamation, and harassment by Park and his supporters' constitutes clear false information and defamation of the other party," and added, "We will strongly respond through lawsuits and complaints against the act of using sexual violence accusations for political manipulation."
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