Everyone's favorite national A-match has become someone else's nightmare. It's painful to even open an internet news window that's filled with news about the victory over Iraq. He wishes the soccer he loved so much would just disappear from the world.
Mr. A is a victim of illegal filming by former national soccer player Hwang Eui-jo. Mr. A dreads the arrival of the A-Match season. For Mr. A, Korean soccer has become a traumatizing experience that has shattered his life.
Everything in Mr. A's life has fallen apart. His family has found out about everything, and his elderly parents are living in pain every day. What's worse is that even revealing how her life was destroyed is a secondary victimization. In the past, Huang Uijiao's company released a statement that could have identified the victim. Mr. A is unable to express his pain or receive any comfort, and he is living in a nightmare that he alone is responsible for.
Hwang Ui-jo changes position and admits charges
Today (Nov. 16), the Seoul Central District Court (Criminal Division 13, Judge Yongje Lee) held the first hearing for Hwang's charge of violating the Special Act on Punishment for Sexual Violence (filming with a camera).
The prosecution has asked for four years in prison, but Hwang, who had denied the charges until the trial, saying that the video was “consensual with his lover at the time,” suddenly changed his stance and admitted the charges today.
In his closing argument, 토토사이트 Hwang's defense lawyer said, “Mr. Hwang served the country by winning a gold medal at the Asian Games as a soccer player,” and asked for a lenient sentence so that he could return to society and live as a healthy member of society.
Hwang Ui-jo also said, “I will do my best to live as a soccer player and not do anything wrong in the future.”
■Who is this national service for?..."The court is biased”
There is a common promise made by those who have been wronged in some field to make amends. “I'll make it up to you in 'soccer'. I'll make it up to you in 'acting'. I'll make it up to you in 'politics,'” for example. But many people ask: ”Who are you making it up to? “Who is this reparation for?”
Hwang Ui-jo said, “I will ask for forgiveness from the victims and try to compensate for the damage,” but Mr. A has no intention of accepting forgiveness. He has no intention of settling. All Mr. A wants is a severe punishment. He believes that there shouldn't be any more victims like him. This is why he hopes that the prosecution's request of four years in prison will be meted out.
However, Mr. A's defense attorney, Lee Eun-yi, was furious after the trial ended today. He believes the trial was too biased in favor of Hwang Ui-jo. He was dismayed that the court didn't give the victim's lawyer even a minute to speak.
“This is the first time in my 11 years of practice that I've ever been told to speak in one minute when there's not even a case pending behind me,” he said, adding that when he spoke about the victim's secondary victimization, the judge stopped him, saying, ”Don't say unconfirmed facts.
The lawyer, who said he was concerned about Hwang's probationary sentence based on his observation of the trial, also made some rather heated remarks, saying, “This court may give him probation, or they may send him home and let him continue to play soccer and celebrate the country, but the ball is in the court's court now, and we'll see.”
The defense lawyer appealed to the court to recognize the victim's pain and suffering.
“The victim is experiencing mental anguish with her family, as well as anxiety about her social reputation. I feel that the victim has little room to stand in this courtroom where the defendant is given consideration just because he is a famous national player. Even today, the victim is living a life of outward smiles, unable to admit to anyone that he is in pain. I hope you can tell me how to sentence him.”
The court then set the sentencing date for December 18 at 10 a.m., saying, “Since Mr. Huang's side is willing to try to reach a settlement with the victim, we will set the sentencing date leisurely.”