Former Comfort Woman Injured During Protest at National Assembly
Well hopefully she is not to seriously injured from this incident, but she was conducting an illegal protest prior to Nancy Pelosi arriving at the National Assembly:
![Lee Yong-soo, a "comfort woman" survivor, appears to have fallen out of her wheelchair at the National Assembly in western Seoul on Thursday, in footage that a committee that she heads provided to media outlets. [LEE'S COMMITTEE ON COMFORT WOMEN ISSUE]](https://i0.wp.com/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/08/05/6ac4f938-fbc3-449a-85ec-f8351b95efee.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
Lee Yong-soo, a victim of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery in her 90s, was reportedly pulled out of her wheelchair by security guards while she was waiting to meet with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the National Assembly grounds on Thursday.
A video released after the incident by media outlets including JTBC and YTN shows Lee on the ground by her wheelchair, while several security personnel attempt to lift her.
One security guard can be heard repeating, “Lift up her leg,” while Lee, in apparent protest, says, “Let go of me, you’re going to kill someone here.”Lee was hospitalized afterward at the Catholic University of Korea Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital in western Seoul.
Joong Ang Ilbo
A committee that she heads, which has been calling for the Korean and Japanese governments to settle the “comfort women” issue at the International Court of Justice, told the press that the security guards tried to move her despite her protest and that Lee fell out of her wheelchair in the process.
“They pulled on her by her legs,” the committee said. “It was a traumatic experience for her.”
The National Assembly Secretariat in a statement on Friday said that it “wishes well” for Lee’s health, adding however that “any attempt to meet up with an international guest at the Assembly without prior appointment is a disregard for diplomatic protocols.
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