On February 26, South Korea broke out a shocking sexual assault incident of former internationals, which made the former Korean national team captain Qi Chengyong, who is currently playing for Seoul FC, top the hot search list on the same day. Although Mr. Ki opened up rumors and denied the allegations, Park Ji-hoon, the South Korean lawyer who disclosed the incident, still insisted that there was evidence that Mr. Ki had sexually assaulted two victims 21 years ago. Today, Park Ji-hoon once again made a public statement, saying that he hopes to confront Qi Chengyong in court as soon as possible, and he will expose the relevant truth in court!
He currently plays for Seoul FC Qi Chengyong according to IC photo
On February 26, a number of South Korean media broke the news that in the football department of a primary school in Jeonnam City in 2000, two boys in the sixth grade of primary school had seriously sexually assaulted two fifth-graders, one of whom had recently joined the team in the capital circle and was a major player in the national team. According to the description of the victim's lawyer Park Ji-hoon, the South Korean media speculated that one of the parties was the former South Korean national team captain Ki Sung-yong. This news detonated South Korea on the same day, after all, Qi Chengyong, as a famous International footballer in South Korea, has a lot of influence in the football world and even in the whole of South Korea.
Under tremendous pressure, Qi Chengyong also publicly responded that he had nothing to do with these allegations, "I have never done such a thing, and I will not admit any accusations against me." I do not know what the motives of those people are, and I will take all necessary legal means to find out the truth. ”
However, Qi Chengyong's statement also completely angered the victim's lawyer Park Ji-hoon, who publicly confirmed that the sexual assault party was Qi Chengyong, and the two victims also publicly asked Qi Chengyong to apologize. Lawyer Park Ji-hoon said: "It is an unshakable fact that Qi Chengyong committed sexual violence against the victim, we have sufficient evidence, in order to protect the minimum human rights, in principle, we will not submit this evidence except for Qi Chengyong himself and the clubs to which he belongs." But if Qi Chengyong still has such an immoral attitude and behavior as he does now, we will have to disclose the evidence to the public. ”
Park Ji-hoon, the victim's lawyer
Lawyer Park Ji-hoon further said that Ki Sung-yong was also a minor at the time of the sexual assault and that strictly speaking he would not be subject to criminal punishment, "but he must admit to the crime!" ”
After Park Ji-hoon made a public statement, Ki Sung-yong once again denied that he was related to the sexual assault case, saying: "If they have evidence, then they should quickly show it to me, I don't understand why they are looking at him left and right, trying to manipulate the line of sight of public opinion." I said I didn't have anything to apologize for and if they (the two victims) apologized to me and withdrew the charges against me, then I would consider meeting them. ”
At the time of the "sexual assault incident", the Korean media contacted the alumni of the football department in Qi Chengyong's elementary school, who said that he had not been in contact with Qi Chengyong and the two victims for a long time, but there was teachers and coaches supervising the entire training process in the football department, and there was no time to do other things. So it is impossible for Qi Chengyong to do that kind of thing at all, and I am sure of that. We were more than 20 people together at the time and had never heard of anything like this. After the incident, I contacted several alumni who all shared the same opinion and were all angry. ”
On March 2, Lawyer Park Ji-hoon once again said publicly: "I suggest that these time-wasting public opinion discussions be stopped now, and I hope that the relevant truths can be exposed in court as soon as possible and confronted Qi Chengyong in court." Park Ji-hoon believes that the emotions of both parties are now out of control, and a lot of out-of-control remarks are spreading, "Some media are scrambling to report on the relevant remarks and publish unfounded speculations." Such a situation does not help to find out the truth, and it is a disservice to Korean football and even to the sports level. ”
It is worth mentioning that the 2021 season of the Korean K-League also began last weekend, which also made Seoul FC and Qi Chengyong the focus of attention, in the first round of the league, Seoul FC lost 0-2 to Jeonbuk Hyundai, and the first player Qi Chengyong only played 37 minutes before being replaced. After the game, the South Korean media also asked Seoul FC head coach Park Jin-seop whether the replacement of Ki Sung-yong so early was related to the "sexual assault incident", but Park Jin-seop denied this, he revealed that it was because Ki Sung-yong's thighs were uncomfortable, so he replaced him in advance, "Every player in the team is very strong, and I also help the players in training." ”
Qi Chengyong, who has played for the Soviet Super League Celtics, Premier League clubs such as Swansea, Sunderland, Newcastle and La Liga Mallorca, has indeed been a bit unfavorable lately, and his father, former Gwangju FC club general manager Qi Yongyu, was accused of embezzling about $277,000 in public funds in December and is facing a police investigation. And now Qi Chengyong himself is also caught in the "sexual assault incident", and his reputation has been greatly affected. Even many South Korean media believe that this incident will also affect his relationship with his wife, Han Huizhen, a well-known Actress in South Korea, who was previously considered to be the Korean version of Beckham and Victoria.
Red Star News reporter Jiang Shan
Edited by Ou Peng
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