Jung Yeon Yeon, who spent 33 million won on McKen’s house and 23 million won on grandmothers.

President Lee Na-young (third from left of table) of the Regulatory Memorandum Memorandum explains the controversy over donation at the “Human Rights Foundation” in Seongsan-dong, Seoul, on the morning of the 11th day. Reporter Jang Jin-young

The controversy over the use of donations for the victims of the Japanese military “comfort women”, the Memory of Justice Coalition (Jeong Eui Yeon) held a press conference on the 11th and said: “Jeong Eui Yeon is not an organization humanitarian effort to stabilize the lives of comfort women. ”

He said: “There was no problem with the administration of the fund.” On Day 7, she criticized Lee’s criticism of Lee’s grandmother (92).

At the same day’s press conference, Jeong Eui-yeon explained that the article to support victims is used for grandmother’s honor and human rights recovery activities, not simply the project that simply transfers donations to grandmothers in cash. This includes support for health treatment, support for human rights and honorary recovery activities, support for emotional stability, such as regular visits and departures, support for irregular housing items, and shelter operation . Secretary General Han Kyung-hee said, “I am trying to be intimate and have a family relationship with my grandmothers that cannot be expressed in my budget.”

Eui-Yeon Jeong insisted that for three years from 2017, 911 million won, or 41% of the general donation income of 2.22 billion won, excluding fixed-term destination contributions, executed as “ victim support costs ”. The remaining 59% was said to be used for demonstrations of demand, Gilim project, butterfly fund and scholarship project.

Apparently, the statement seems correct. However, with the exception of 2017, the percentage of victim support per year is less than 10%. Furthermore, there are many doubts, such as the number of beneficiaries in the book, which is repeatedly recorded as 99 and 999.

First, if you take a close look at the details that Jung Yeon announced on the Housing Tax on the home page of the National Tax Service, the contribution of victims during the general donation per year, excluding the destination donation, is ▶ 833 million in 2017 (68%) ▶ Of the 10 million won, 23 million won (4.3%) ▶ Of the 430 million won in 2019, it will be 24 million won (5.8%). It is reported that 41% of donations for the three years were used to support victims, but excluding 2017, less than 10% of the money was used for damages per year. The high support rate in 2017 was due to the fact that 1 million citizens were donated to 8 grandmothers who rejected the grant from the Foundation for Reconciliation and Healing, which was established under the agreement between the Republic of Korea and Japan. In 2016, only about 3.5% of the total was used for victim support projects in 2016.

Expert “Jui-Yeon Jung, accounting data is unclear”

In April of last year, in front of the old Japanese embassy in Jongno-gu, Seoul, scholarship students who finished the scholarship ceremony with Kim Bok-dong and President Mi-hyang Yoon are taking a commemorative photo. [연합뉴스]

It is also questionable whether the number of “99 victims”, “999” and “9999” appear repeatedly on Jeong-Yeon Yeon’s donation expense statement. When analyzing the use of donations in 2017, the number of beneficiaries of international solidarity expenses, fundraising, public relations and general management was 999. In 2018, the 5 items were marked as 999. In addition, four items indicated the number of beneficiaries like 99.

At the press conference, Jeong Eui-yeon said, “I apologize for the unclear data. “I had internal difficulties while working with insufficient manpower,” he apologized. However, the request for disclosure of the details of the place of use is: “I don’t know which NGO in the world should disclose the details of the activities individually. I think it’s so hard why companies don’t ask for it. ”

Manwoo Lee, professor of business administration at the University of Korea (former president of the Korean Accounting Association), said: “Juieyeon Yeon would be a project that supports victims for their own purposes, but the accounting data is opaque, by what there is no distinction. ” .

Jeong Eui-yeon was confirmed to have spent 3,300,000 won on donations etc. in 2018.

According to the “ Recruitment and Expense Donation Statement ” posted on the National Tax Service website on July 11, the group wrote that the group spent 3,339.8305 won on donations to Diobrewing Co., Ltd. in 2018. This is approximately 10% of the donation expense (KRW 371.67,155) that year. Diobrewing is a company that operates a McKeop “Oktoberfest” house at two locations in Chongjin-dong and Jayang-dong in Seoul. It was written that the objective of the expense was ‘to increase the business’ and the number of beneficiaries was 999.

Secretary-General Han Kyung-hee said: “On the 18th of that year, we celebrated the 28th anniversary event at the Oktoberfest in Chongjin-dong, Seoul,” and said, “In addition to the expenses spent at the time of the preparation of gave, courier fee and fast service included. ” That year, the money spent in supporting victims of women’s comfort was 23 million won.

A Diobrewing official said: “Sales that occurred on the day are 972 million won. It was counted as a sponsor of 541 million won. ”

Kim Bok-dong Scholarship Controversy “What’s the Problem”

At the day’s press conference, Jeong Yeon-yeon said, “I prefer to ask what the problem is,” even in connection with the controversy over the “former Kim Bok-dong scholarship.” The Kim Bok-dong Scholarship was recently established in February last year with the remaining expenses and additional donations after Grandma’s funeral. The purpose of the app was limited to “College Children of Civic Group Activists”. When asked if there were civil society activist officials who awarded scholarships, there were no officials and they replied, “Nothing.” Meanwhile, “I don’t know what the problem is with giving a 2 million won scholarship to the children of activists who have dedicated themselves to efforts to unify the peace and women’s movement. Rather, it is not something to be praised for. ”

Reporter Hyelim Kwon and Woorim Lee [email protected]