This photo posted by Kim on his group's Facebook page shows a plastic bag placed over the head part of the Statue of Peace in Dongjak-gu, Seoul. - Photo taken from Facebook
SEOUL: Seoul Seobu police station said Friday (June 21) it has sought charges against a man for placing a plastic bag over a statue symbolising comfort women, the euphemism for the tens of thousands of women coerced into sexual slavery by imperial Japan during World War II.
The man surnamed Kim, who is a leader of a controversial civic group calling for the abolishment of the act on supporting former comfort women, has been accused of violating Article 3 of the Punishment of Minor Offenses Act for placing the bag on the statue with "demolish" written on it in Eunpyeong Peace Park in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul.
