<Anchor> The
family of an Air Force non-commissioned officer who made an extreme choice after reporting sexual harassment is suing a public defender who served as an attorney at the beginning of the case for negligence. The Office of the Inspector General of the Ministry of National Defense will investigate the Gender Equality Center of the Air Force Headquarters, which has not properly reported to the superiors despite recognizing the difficulties of the victims.
This is reporter Kim Tae-hoon.
<Reporter> The
bereaved family of Air Force Sergeant A, who made an extreme choice after being victimized by sexual harassment, is filing a complaint against public defender B of the Air Force's legal office on charges of neglect of duty to the Ministry of National Defense Prosecutor's Office on the afternoon of the 7th.
Attorney B was appointed as a public defender on March 9, six days after the sexual assault case occurred, but it is understood that he did not meet once until Sergeant A died.
In response, the Air Force explained that Lawyer B was unable to conduct the interview smoothly due to personal circumstances such as marriage, honeymoon, and self-quarantine, so he appointed an additional public defender.
However, the bereaved family claims that lawyer B actually neglected it even though the second assault, such as conciliation, was made after reporting the sexual harassment.
Separately, the Office of the Inspector General of the Ministry of National Defense announced that it would start an audit on whether the Air Force Headquarters Gender Equality Center recognized the case of Sergeant A and properly reported it to the upper management.
Earlier, the Air Force Headquarters Gender Equality Center received a report of damage to the Gender Equality Policy Division of the Ministry of National Defense only a month after the incident was identified.
It is known that the Office of the Inspector General will intensively investigate whether the Gender Equality Center reported poorly to the commander because it did not recognize the seriousness of the incident even though it knew whether it was a secondary offense.