3 Letters From Victim Park Won-soon … Posted On’SNS Guillotine ‘

On the 23rd, the social networking service (SNS) space was noisy. The late Park Won-soon, former personnel planning secretary Min Gyeong-guk, and former chief secretary Oh Seong-gyu, who worked in the clerk’s office during the Seoul mayor’s inauguration, published a handwritten letter written by the victim of sexual harassment A on Facebook. The core of these arguments is that it is difficult to view Mr. A as a victim of forcible sexual harassment, as Mr. A wrote a handwritten letter on behalf of Mayor Park during the period when he complained of sexual harassment damages. .

A letter written by the late Mayor Park Won-soon, former mayor of Seoul, in celebration of Park’s birthday in February 2016. [민경국 전 인사기획비서관 페이스북 캡처]

There are a total of three published letters. In 2016 and 2017, I wrote a congratulatory letter on Mayor Park’s birthday, and in 2018, I wrote it with regret before heading off on an overseas tour. The contents are mainly thanks and respect for Mayor Park, and a happy birthday message. It contains phrases like “Thank you for making me smile, cheer me on and say good words even during my busy schedule.”

In a phone call with the JoongAng Ilbo, former Secretary Min argued that “the content of the letter is not just the level of ‘rolling paper’ used by employees on Mayor Park’s birthday.” Kim Min-woong, professor of future civilization at Kyung Hee University, also revealed the content of the letter on social media, saying, “How do you read it? A letter written by a woman who claims she has been harassed for sexual harassment for four years, “he said.” In September 2019, I would like to order a post to commemorate your sister’s marriage. He said, “I can ask that of the abused person.”

Kim Hye-jeong, deputy director of the Korea Sexual Violence Counseling Center, argued that the disclosure of letters from former clerk office employees through his Facebook page was ‘exploitation of the victims’ and that there was no sexual harassment. [김 부소장 페이스북 캡처]

However, Mr. A’s defense is that this is only one of the communication methods that derive from the hierarchical relationship within the organization, and has nothing to do with direct evidence that reveals whether there was sexual harassment by force. Kim Hye-jeong, deputy director of the Korean Sexual Violence Counseling Center, a support organization for Mr. A, said: “There was no plantation assistant (for Mayor Park), there was no sexual harassment, and” it puzzled me from the beginning because the victim only used the mayor’s birthday card that no one used) Prove yourself. “Mr. A’s letter makes no sense as it is part of an annual event held by employees on Mayor Park’s birthday .

Mr. A’s legal representative, Kim Jae-ryeon, a lawyer for the Onse-sang law firm, stipulated in the phone call that “the victim of sexual harassment must look like this, that is, forced to be a victim.” He said: “While other employees also write letters and deliver them, is there a law that says: ‘Among victims of sexual harassment they cannot write letters,’ he said.” A, the clerk’s office clerk, may say, ‘I hate (the head of the organization) Park Won-soon.’ Must have been. (Disclosure letter) is intended to frustrate victims by using their mental pain. ”

In this process, the controversy grew as Mr. A’s real name was exposed. Mr. A said: “When Professor Minwoong Kim first published the photo of the letter, he exposed a picture with the real name of the victim and also has a captured copy. She criticized him for being malicious and acting like that unwittingly even though he knew it. Professor Kim admitted that “the instant exposure scene is my Facebook”, but “the parties hide their existence behind the curtain of the real name exposure problem.” “What will you say about the letter sent on a day other than your birthday?”

On the morning of the 8th, lawyer Kim Jae-ryun, who is in charge of the legal representative of the victim who accused the late Mayor Park Won-soon of sexual harassment, in front of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jongno-gu , Seoul, in front of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, called for an investigation into the alleged sexual harassment and the second perpetrator. Is doing. [뉴스1]

The controversy over the second inflict on the victim has developed in various ways so that it is no longer a new story. Some of the pro-women YouTube channels posted videos of Mayor Park’s birthday party, raising concern that Mr. A is close to Mayor Park, and former Chief Secretary Kim Joo-myeong, etc., presented an opinion to the National Human Rights Commission. It was revealed that Mr. A left the secretary’s office only after being promoted and expressed his envy of Mayor Park’s overseas tour.

However, experts say it is likely a mistake to interpret the victim’s habitual attitude by directly inferring whether or not she is sexually harassed. Lawyer Hye-jin Seo, who defended victim Kim Ji-eun in the former governor of Chungnam Province’s sexual violence case in the past, said: “It is not yesterday for a victim of sexual violence attacking a victim for reasons like working normally after the incident or sending a friendly text message. ” “However, there are countless cases in which the perpetrator has been convicted regardless of the habitual behavior of the victim,” he said.

Former Chief Secretary Oh also argued earlier this month that “it is dangerous to unilaterally neutralize the evidence judgment that recognition of the facts must be based on the evidence.” Based on these words, it is also contrary to evidentiary judgment to highlight the surrounding circumstances that cannot directly prove the existence of sexual violence.

Reporter Heo Jeong-won [email protected]