South Korea’s male congressman hugs a female waitress in public and says he only wants to encourage her

Haiwai.com, August 14 (Yonhap news agency) reported that on the evening of August 5, a male member of Parliament in Pusan City, South Korea, put his hand on the shoulders of two female waiters after dinner. Its improper behavior was monitored and photographed and exposed, causing a great disturbance. As a result, members insisted that it was not sexual harassment, arguing that they were only “encouraging each other” and that they might have been “politically schemed against”. < p > < p > on the 13th, South Korea’s opposition future Unity Party released two surveillance videos. The first video showed that at 8:40 p.m. on the 5th, a male member of Parliament approached a female waiter after dinner in the restaurant and asked for a handshake. The waiter hesitated and finally accepted. As a result, the councillor continued to approach her, patted her on the shoulder and gave her a lift. < / P > < p > another video shows that the male councillor then comes to the counter and takes a few shots on the left shoulder of another waitress. Then, he puts his hand on her right shoulder for 8 seconds. After the incident, the victim reported the member to the police on the grounds of suspected sexual harassment. At present, the police are investigating the victims, and the next step is to summon the members involved. < / P > < p > on the other hand, members are considering hiring lawyers to sue victims for “false accusations”. “When I passed the restaurant, the waiter pretended to know me, introduced myself and invited me to play,” he explained in an interview with Yonhap. So I went to the restaurant on the 5th and 11th. On the 5th, I patted the waiter on the shoulder for encouragement, and there was no sexual harassment on the 11th However, when asked by a reporter why he put his hand on the other party’s shoulder for 8 seconds, the member replied, “I don’t know that.”. The sex scandal of MPS has been strongly criticized by the opposition future United Party. Members of the party urged members to apologize and resign from office. If they continue to deny sexual harassment, they will expose the No. 11 surveillance video together. In response, members said that self doubt had been “politically calculated”. (Liu Qiang)