Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon accused of four years of sexual harassment

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon accused of four years of sexual harassment

13 July 2020

A former secretary for the mayor of Seoul - who died last week in an apparent suicide - has accused him of four years of sexual harassment.

Park Won-soon was one of South Korea's most influential leaders and was seen as a possible presidential candidate.

His body was found in woods on Friday - after a note to his family was found - and his funeral began on Monday.

His death came just a day after the secretary made a police complaint about his behaviour.

More than 500,000 people signed a petition saying Mr Park's state-run five-day funeral should not go ahead.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53386165

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1. While they were unable to stop the State Funeral

the fact that a half million citizens tried, speaks volumes about their refusal to look the other way.


The petition on the South Korean presidential website, where people regularly start campaigns, was signed more than 560,000 times.

"Do the people need to watch a fancy five-day funeral for a famous politician whose sexual harassment allegation led to his suicide?" it asked.

"What kind of message does that send to the people? It should be a quiet, family funeral."

On Sunday, a court in Seoul rejected an injunction to stop the public funeral.

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2. Make hay while the sun shines

none of this will help the declining fortunes of the right wing authoritarians in South Korea nor their US/UK supporters in the media.