Seoul's education chief asks police to punish activists for defaming 'comfort women'

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Jung Keun-sik, superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, said the complaint was submitted to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, demanding Kim Byung-heon, head of the far-right group, and its members be punished on charges of defamation of the deceased, violation of the Child Welfare Act and distribution of obscene materials.

Kim’s group has triggered controversy by staging a campaign across the country to dismantle girl statues symbolizing the former sex slaves, euphemistically called “comfort women.”