▲ On the 8th, Hong Jun-yeon, Daegu Gwangyeong-gi, Jung-gu lawmaker posted a photo on Facebook. ⓒFacebook capture.
A district councilor in Daegu is drawing attention following candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, who pledged to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, was elected president. The former member of the National Assembly was expelled from the Democratic Party of Korea following raising the question of why they provide more than 10 million won to voluntary prostitutes.
Hong Joon-yeon, a member of Daegu Jung-gu, posted on Facebook on the 8th to encourage voting.
The Chosun Ilbo and Segye Ilbo introduced an article titled ‘Ramen Stand’ posted on Facebook by Hong Jun-yeon, a member of Daegu Jung-gu, along with a photo on the 8th. The ramen stand in the photo was a ‘stumbling block for gender equality’. “It has been three years since we received the ‘Gender Equality Obstacle Award’ from the women’s group, a vanguard unit of the feminist president,” said Hong Jun-yeon, a member of the district council. pretended to be an occupation force. It was the madness of Hoga Escort with feminist power at the fore.”
“Now, following the presidential election, a world of fairness, common sense, and justice must come, and politics that meet the needs of the people must be implemented,” said District Assemblyman Hong Jun-yeon. did,” he explained.
He continued, “After the election campaign, I saw the award of a gender equality stumbling block stained with broth, eating ramen and using it as a ramen stand. I reflected on the three years of indebtedness and counseling.” He said, “I hope that the shining glory of Candidate Yoon and CEO Lee, who did their best for a better future of the Republic of Korea, will be with them. Be sure to vote tomorrow.”
Hong Jun-yeon, a member of the district council… Expulsion from the Democratic Party of Korea for opposing tax support for voluntary prostitutes
Hong Joon-yeon, a member of the district council, actually belonged to the Democratic Party of Korea until early April 2019. However, at the district council meeting in March 2019, he took issue with the fact that the city of Daegu provided a subsidy of more than 10 million won per person to prostitutes in a brothel, while providing support of regarding 50,000 won per person to people of national merit such as veterans.
In December 2016, Daegu established an ordinance to support self-support for victims of prostitution and provided funds to women who were prostitutes in a brothel called ‘Jabal Madang’ in the name of self-sufficiency. It is said that this project was carried out through the Jung-gu Office and a women’s organization in Daegu. Daegu City, Jung-gu Office, and women’s organizations in charge of the project paid 10 million won for 10 months’ living expenses and 7 million won for housing relocation costs to each prostituted woman. It is known that the subsidy paid out to 90 people was 1.27 billion won.
“However, if you look at page 377 of the 2018 administrative audit data, Daegu City paid 372.248 million won to 7252 people of national merit. He criticized, saying, “The treatment of people of national merit is so poor, but the city is paying more attention to the ordinance to support self-support for victims of prostitution.”
▲ On March 8, 2019, Daegu and Gyeongbuk women’s groups gave the ‘Gender Equality Obstacle Award’ to Hong Jun-yeon, then a member of the Democratic Party’s ward, saying, “I demeaned women in prostitution.” ⓒNewsis. Unauthorized reproduction and redistribution prohibited.
“It is true that women who have been forced into prostitution through human trafficking or force or hierarchy are victims and it is right to support them, but women who voluntarily engage in prostitution should not be supported as victims,” said District Councilor Hong Jun-yeon. Why are you paying tens of millions of won in taxes on voluntary prostitutes who are the target?” He strongly criticized Daegu City and Jung-gu Office.
There is nothing wrong with what Hong-gu said… So-called women’s groups mocked by awarding the ‘Gender Equality Obstacle Award’
Meanwhile, so-called ‘women’s groups’ in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province began to insult Rep. Hong following making them public. On the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2019, Rep. Hong was presented with the ‘Gender Equality Obstacle Award’ and publicly criticized and ridiculed him while announcing it through the media. Following the uproar, the Democratic Party of Korea expelled Rep. Hong in early April 2019.
The judgment of the law is different from that of so-called ‘women’s groups’ and the Democratic Party of Korea. In March 2016, the Constitutional Court ruled that “the punishment of women in voluntary prostitution is constitutional.” At that time, the Constitutional Court said, “The legislative purpose of establishing sound sexual customs and sexual morals by punishing prostitution is justified. suitability is also recognized.”
However, when the Daegu City and Jung-gu Offices entrusted a women’s organization to support women in prostitution, they did not distinguish between these ‘victims of prostitution’ and ‘voluntarily prostitutes’. It is reported that no voluntary prostitutes were punished.
According to the Act on the Punishment of Prostitution Conciliation, etc., “victim of prostitution” is “a person who has been forced into prostitution by hierarchical force or other similar means” or “protected or supervised due to work, employment, or other relationships. “A person who has been addicted to drugs, marijuana, or psychotropic drugs and has engaged in prostitution”, “a person who is incapable or weak in ability to discriminate between juveniles, objects, or decision-making, or a person with a serious disability as prescribed by Presidential Decree, who is arranging or enticing them to engage in prostitution.” “person” and “a person who has been trafficked for the purpose of prostitution.”
District Councilor Hong Jun-yeon finally filed a complaint with the prosecution on the 2nd on charges of falsifying private documents, including officials from a women’s organization, Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin, and Jung-gu Mayor Ryu Gu-ha, who were in charge of self-support for prostitutes. According to a police investigation from 2017 to 2019, when prostitution women were self-supporting, only one out of 110 prostitutes in the ‘Jabal Madang’ was a victim of prostitution. Nevertheless, Daegu City, Jung-gu Office, and women’s groups entrusted with the project provided self-support subsidies to 90 prostituted women, according to Hong’s argument.
