Suspicion over the management of a former Korean comfort women support group Prosecutor's office searches office May 20 19:46

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The Korean media reported that the prosecutor's house searched for an office of an organization in Seoul on the 20th because of the criticism that the operation of an organization supporting former comfort women in South Korea was criticized. The group has great influence in Korean society, including leading the movement against the Japan-Korea agreement over the comfort women issue in 2015, and the whereabouts of the investigation is drawing attention.

In Korea, a 91-year-old woman who is a former comfort woman continues to meet in protest against the Japanese government in the vicinity of the Japanese embassy in Seoul. I criticized.

In response to this, the group said that there was no illegal misappropriation, but the Korean news agency, Union News, said the prosecution searched the group's office in Seoul on the afternoon of the 20th.

However, the prosecution said it did not reveal any specific charges.

Regarding this group, Korean media won the first election for the facility purchased with donation for the purpose of exchanging former comfort women and young people in 2013 because the price was significantly higher than the market price and it ran for the ruling party in the general election last month. It is reported that a former acquaintance of Yun Mi-hyang (Yuka Mika) has mediated it.

In addition, from 2016 to last year, even though the Korean government received a subsidy of about 120 million yen in Japanese yen, it was also said that the accounting documents only stated about 47 million yen. , Some civic groups accused the prosecution of suspected embezzlement and fraud.

The group will hold a protest rally every Wednesday around the Japanese Embassy in Seoul and lead a campaign against the 2015 Japan-Korea agreement, which includes the final and irreversible resolution of the comfort women issue. It has a great influence on Korean society, and the whereabouts of the investigation are attracting attention.

Allegations reported by Korean media

With regard to former Korean comfort women support group and former president Yun Mihyang, the leading Korean media reports various suspicions every day.

In 2013, a support group won 750 million won on land and buildings in Anseong (Anseong), Gyeonggi (Gyeonggi), near Seoul based on donations from companies in order to exchange information between former comfort women and young people. I bought it for about 66 million yen in Japanese yen.

About this, Korean media reported that the purchase price at this time was more than 26 million yen in Japanese yen compared to the market price.

He also reported that the purchase intermediary was done by an acquaintance of the former President and Mrs. Yun, and that he did not inform the former comfort women of the existence of the facility.

In addition, a social welfare corporation that conducted a survey in 2015 reported that they were warned that they did not have any activity records at the facility and that their accounting was sloppy.

In addition, from 2016 to last year, the support organization received a subsidy of approximately 120 million yen in Japanese yen from the South Korean government, but only about 40% of that amount, about 47 million yen, is stated in the accounting documents. It was not there.

In addition, it is said that the accounting documents often stated "99", "999", and "9999" regarding the number of eligible people when using donations in support projects.

On the other hand, Mr. Yun told the Korean media that he received part of the donation to the support organization in his bank account.

Mr. Yun explained that in 2012, he bought a condominium for about 20 million yen in Japanese yen and sold the condominium that he lived before and raised the funds, but Korean media is new It's been 9 months since I bought it, and I'm told that the source of the funding is being questioned.

South Korean media reports that Yun's daughter attended a prestigious university in Los Angeles, USA, and has been suspected that he might be using the money to study abroad.

Yun Mi Hyang

Yun Mi Hyang, the former president of the former comfort women support group, is 55 years old.

After working with a Christian civil society, I joined a former comfort women support group.

The support group holds a protest rally against the Japanese government every Wednesday near the Japanese embassy in Seoul, and Mr. Yun heads the protest rally as president of the group, asking the Japanese government for an apology and compensation. I have been exercising.

In December 2015 during the conservative Park Kun-hee administration, the two governments agreed on a final and irreversible solution to the comfort women issue. It did not reflect it, ”and insisted on canceling the agreement.

In addition, Yun urged former comfort women to refuse to receive the 1 billion yen donated by the Japanese government from the foundation established by the Korean government based on this agreement.

In March, after quitting the chairmanship of a support group that he has led for many years, Yun ran as a candidate for the proportional representative of the ruling party that underpins the Moon Jaein administration in the general election held last month. I won the Diet for the first time.

What is a former comfort women support group?

The Citizens' Association, "Korea Corps Task Force Council," was established in 1990 to support former comfort women.

Since 1992, Taijikyo has held a protest rally every Wednesday around the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, seeking apology and compensation from the Japanese government.

In 2011, at the 1000th time of the rally, we forced the installation of a girl image that symbolizes the comfort women issue.

In addition, based on subsidies from the Korean government and donations from companies and citizens, we will support some former comfort women and carry out activities to convey the claims of the group to young people. did.

Regarding the consensus on the final and irreversible resolution of the comfort women issue in 2015 during the conservative Park Kun-hee administration's era, “It does not reflect the intention of the former comfort women. , And so on. ”

After that, the newly-innovated government, Moon Jae-in administration, announced unilaterally the dissolution of the foundation, which was established based on the Japan-Korea agreement in November.

Four months before that, Taiyokyo merged with another civil society group to form a group called Justice Federation = "Justice Memory Solidarity for Solving the Japanese Military Slave Problem." We are continuing the same activities as before, such as protest meetings.