SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top court on Monday reaffirmed a high-profile sexual assault ruling that brought down a political star and helped spark the powerful #MeToo movement, a decision seen as a litmus test of the court’s gender sensitivity. The Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision that found former South [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top court on Monday confirmed a lower court ruling that sentenced a former provincial governor to 3 1/2 years in prison for sexually abusing his secretary in one of the country’s most high-profile MeToo cases. The Supreme Court handed down the ruling to former South Chungcheong Province [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An appeals court on Friday found a former governor of South Chungcheong Province guilty of sexually abusing his then secretary, reversing the highly debated acquittal by a lower court in one of South Korea’s high profile Me Too cases. The Seoul High Court sentenced An Hee-jung to 3 1/2 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A lower court on Tuesday found former South Chungcheong Province Gov. An Hee-jung not guilty of sexually abusing his former secretary. The 54-year-old politician was indicted in April on charges of forcing his former secretary, Kim Ji-eun, to have sex with him four times and molesting her multiple times [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Former South Chungcheong Gov. An Hee-jung was indicted Wednesday without physical detention on charges that he sexually assaulted his secretary multiple times last year. The Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office said An, 54, has been charged with sexual intercourse and harassment by abuse of occupational authority. An is accused [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Prosecutors on Friday sought a court warrant to arrest former South Chungcheong Gov. An Hee-jung for sex offenses. The Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office said it requested the warrant on charges of sexual intercourse and sexual harassment by abuse of occupational authority, citing the risk of him destroying evidence as he has denied the charges. If convicted, he could face up to five [...]
HONGSEONG/SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Former provincial governor An Hee-jung is set to present himself at a prosecutors’ office in Seoul on Friday to face questioning over allegations that he sexually assaulted at least two women, including his secretary. An will show up at the Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office by 5 p.m., according [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The prosecution has decided to take over the sexual assault case against former South Chungcheong Province Gov. An Hee-jung, officials said Wednesday. The Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office said it decided to investigate the case on its own in consideration of the victim’s wish, the case’s jurisdiction and the need for a swift probe. The victim filed an official [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A provincial governor offered to resign early Tuesday amid allegations that he sexually abused a female secretary as the “Me Too” movement began to spread to political circles. An Hee-jung, a prominent liberal politician, apologized and offered to step down as governor of the central South Chungcheong Province, hours [...]