Charges Include Defamation of the Deceased
The police have summoned Kim Byunghun, head of the National Action for the Abolition of the Comfort Women Law, who is accused of insulting victims of the comfort women issue while demanding the removal of the Statue of Peace.
According to Yonhap News Agency on February 1, the Seocho Police Station in Seoul will summon Kim as a suspect for questioning at around 10 a.m. on February 3.
Previously, on January 19, the police conducted a search and seizure of Kim's residence and other locations on charges including defamation of the deceased and violations of the Act on Assembly and Demonstration.
Kim is accused of holding rallies without notifying the relevant police station near Seocho High School and Muhak Girls' High School, where the Statue of Peace is installed, at the end of last year, and of displaying banners with phrases such as, "Are you providing career guidance for prostitution by erecting a comfort woman statue on campus?"
The police plan to further specify the charges against Kim based on evidence obtained from the search and seizure, including smartphones and PCs.
Seocho Police Station has been designated as the lead investigative agency for unreported and illegal rallies involving insults to the Statue of Peace. It is also investigating similar cases referred from police stations such as Jongno and Seongdong in Seoul.
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