Suspicion of sexual assault by Vice-President of a university in Busan 10 years ago
Jang Je-won’s side denies allegations “The claims of sexual assault are not true… We will provide evidence”,
Chairman Jang Je-won of the National Assembly’s Science, ICT, Broadcasting, and Communications Committee speaks at a hearing held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 27th. 2023.12.27/NEWS1 © News1 Song Won-young,
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, ‘(Seoul=News1) Reporter Lee Ki-beom = The police have officially begun investigating Jang Je-won, a former People’s Power Party lawmaker, who faces allegations of sexually assaulting his secretary.’,
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, ‘According to News1’s investigation on the 6th, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has informed Jang, who is charged with quasi-rape resulting in injury, to undergo police questioning and is coordinating the date of his appearance.’,
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, ‘Jang is under suspicion of having sexually assaulted his secretary, Ms. A, in November 2015 while he was serving as Vice-President of a university in Busan. The police accepted Ms. A’s complaint and have been investigating the allegations since January.’,
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, ‘Ms. A, who filed the complaint against Jang, reportedly provided testimony regarding her whereabouts on the day of the alleged incident during police questioning. It is also reported that the police have secured and are analyzing text messages sent from Jang to Ms. A.’,
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, ‘In response to the allegations, Jang has stated that the claims are not true and expressed his intention to resign from the party to avoid causing any burden.’,
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, ‘Choi Won-hyuk, the lawyer representing Jang from Daeryuk Law Firm, strongly denied reports about the disclosed text messages between Jang and the secretary, stating, “These messages cannot be considered evidence of sexual assault.”‘,
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, ‘Lawyer Choi stated, “Jang feels both anger and absurdity at the use of selectively presented text messages as evidence for the allegations, and he plans to provide evidence to the investigative authorities to prove that the sexual assault claims are not true.”.’