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New Shield member Hani Palm is moving to testify about workplace harassment issues at the hearing by the National Assembly’s Environment and Labor Committee, the Economic and Social Labor Committee, the Central Labor Committee, and the Minimum Wage Committee held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the afternoon of the 15th. [Photo by Han Juhyung], ‘Rep. Choi Min-hee, the Chairman of the Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee, faced criticism from members of the People Power Party on the 16th for privately visiting New Shield member Hani Palm just before the national audit.’,
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, ‘During the mid-term review meeting of the national audit on this day, People Power Party member Lee Sang-hwi, who is a member of the Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee, pointed out, “Chairman Choi Min-hee used his privileges as a member of parliament to fill his personal emotions by visiting Hani, who was in the standby room for standing committees, and having a separate meeting with her.”‘,
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, ‘Lee Sang-hwi stated, “It is a privilege to try to have a separate meeting with a witness who came to testify about idol harassment and workplace harassment. Moreover, it was during a serious national audit.”‘,
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, ‘The People Power Party’s position is that Chairman Choi met with Hani before the opening of the Parliamentary Audit of the Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee on the afternoon of the 15th. An official from the ruling party’s committee explained, “In front of the main specialist room where Hani was staying separately, there were many reporters, aides, and lawmakers, but when Chairman Choi arrived, the aides cleared the way and escorted her to the main room.”‘,
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, ‘This lawmaker protested, “Rep. Park Jeong-hoon intended to point this out during his questioning time, but Chairman Choi deprived him of his questioning rights by saying, ‘You are lying even though it wasn’t during the standing committee meeting.’ This is insulting to the public as curtailing a lawmaker’s questioning time during a parliamentary audit.”‘,
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, ‘Meanwhile, Chairman Choi’s side explained in a separate statement on the 15th that “the Senior Specialist of the Environment and Labor Committee arranged a meeting, but it was already past the time for the opening of the audit, so they just exchanged greetings and returned to the chairman’s office (around 1:57 p.m.).”‘,
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