2024-01-14 12:10:00
Hyeon Geun-taek, Vice President of the Democratic Institute. Newsis
In relation to the controversy that Vice Director Hyun Geun-taek of the Democratic Research Institute, a think tank of the Democratic Party of Korea, made sexual harassment remarks to the female secretary of a local politician, local politician A said, “I and the female secretary B do not want problems with Hyun Vice President’s disciplinary action within the party and his qualifications to run. “The agreement containing the contents was made public. In response, Mr. B refuted this in a phone call with this newspaper, saying, “There was no agreement.”
On the 14th, Mr. A, a local politician who is known to have made sexual harassment remarks by Vice President Hyun, posted on his Facebook page, “The three of us (A, B, Hyun Geun-taek) met in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do on January 12, 2024 and had the following conversation.” ‘Hyun Geun-taek sincerely apologizes for his inappropriate remarks’, ‘A and B do not want problems with Hyun Geun-taek’s non-candidacy, disciplinary action within the party, or qualifications for candidacy’, ‘The above contents were written under the agreement of the three people and there are no plans for future progress. He posted a photo of a handwritten agreement that included the phrase, “I promise to do this only with the agreement of three people.” Mr. A also wrote, “This matter will not be remembered as sexual harassment, but as a mistake and an exemplary apology.” The intention is that an apology was made in relation to the fact that the current vice president said to Mr. A and Mr. B, “Are you a couple” and “Are you living together?” at the year-end party they gathered on December 29 last year, and a document was written under agreement.
The current vice president also posted on his Facebook page along with Mr. B’s real name, “There has not been an agreement yet, but we have started difficult conversations and are working to resolve it amicably.”
However, in a phone call with the Dong-A Ilbo, Mr. B said, “It is true that I went there on the 12th, but I did not sign the document. He refuted the contents of the agreement, saying, “He only said he would review it legally and provide an answer around Monday (15th).” Mr. B said, “I didn’t even receive an apology.” The handwritten agreement released by Mr. A does not have Mr. B’s signature.
The Democratic Party’s ethics inspection team began an ethics inspection of the current vice president on the 9th and completed the investigation of Mr. A, Mr. B, and the current vice president. During the investigation, it was reported that the current vice-director said, “There was a request for Mr. A not to run,” and supporters of the current vice-director attacked Mr. A and Mr. B online.
Reporter Yoo Chae-yeon ycy@donga.com
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