SEOUL: South Korea’s air power chief stepped down Friday within the face of public anger over the dying of a feminine grasp sergeant whose household says she killed herself after being sexually abused by a male colleague.
President Moon Jae-in’s workplace stated he accepted the resignation of air power Chief of Employees Gen. Lee Seong-yong, who earlier issued a press release to reporters saying he acknowledges “heavy accountability” over the girl’s dying.
Lee’s resignation got here a day after the Protection Ministry stated an air power grasp sergeant had been arrested on suspicion that he had molested the girl inside a automobile in March whereas returning to their base after a dinner assembly.
Based on a presidential petition filed by the girl’s household, she reported the case to her superiors however killed herself in Might after they tried to cowl up the incident and pressured her to achieve a personal settlement along with her abuser.
As of Friday afternoon, greater than 340,000 individuals had signed the petition, which referred to as for the punishment of air power officers concerned in any cover-up.
The general public anger prompted Moon to order the army on Thursday to conduct a radical investigation on how the air power dealt with the case.
South Korea’s army has lengthy been criticized for its failures to guard feminine troops and officers from sexual harassment and violence.
In 2017, a feminine naval officer killed herself after being raped by a senior officer, who later was sentenced to 15 years in jail. In 2013, a feminine military officer killed herself after being harassed by a male superior who pressured her to have intercourse with him. He was sentenced to 2 years in jail.
President Moon Jae-in’s workplace stated he accepted the resignation of air power Chief of Employees Gen. Lee Seong-yong, who earlier issued a press release to reporters saying he acknowledges “heavy accountability” over the girl’s dying.
Lee’s resignation got here a day after the Protection Ministry stated an air power grasp sergeant had been arrested on suspicion that he had molested the girl inside a automobile in March whereas returning to their base after a dinner assembly.
Based on a presidential petition filed by the girl’s household, she reported the case to her superiors however killed herself in Might after they tried to cowl up the incident and pressured her to achieve a personal settlement along with her abuser.
As of Friday afternoon, greater than 340,000 individuals had signed the petition, which referred to as for the punishment of air power officers concerned in any cover-up.
The general public anger prompted Moon to order the army on Thursday to conduct a radical investigation on how the air power dealt with the case.
South Korea’s army has lengthy been criticized for its failures to guard feminine troops and officers from sexual harassment and violence.
In 2017, a feminine naval officer killed herself after being raped by a senior officer, who later was sentenced to 15 years in jail. In 2013, a feminine military officer killed herself after being harassed by a male superior who pressured her to have intercourse with him. He was sentenced to 2 years in jail.