"To ensure that Ahn Se-young's laundry controversy does not arise again"Jang Jae-geun, head of the athletes' village, conducted a full investigation into the Jincheon athletes' village
Oct 22, 2024
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Jang Jae-geun, head of the Jincheon National Training Center of the Korean Sports Association, promised to prevent recurrence of human rights violations while establishing a culture of respect between seniors and juniors in the athletes' village.
On the 22nd, Chief Jang responded to a question from Lee Ki-hun, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, of the National Assembly's Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee. Controversy erupted after Ahn Se-young, a gold medalist in badminton at the Paris Olympics, mentioned practices such as laundry and room cleaning by senior members of the national team after entering the athletes' village at the age of 17.
Asked by Rep. Lee what follow-up measures have been taken in this matter at the National Assembly, Chang said, `I didn't know such a practice would still exist because I've always done my own laundry,' adding, `Although the participation of athletes is not sufficient due to the Paris Olympics and the National Sports Festival, there have been cases that six people ran laundry errands after conducting a total survey of 140 people.' On the 26th of last month, an official letter was sent to the effect that if we order laundry and errands between seniors and juniors in the future, there may be disadvantages not only for the athletes in question but also for the entire sport" he said. "I also provide training to the athletes who enter the athletes' village in this regard."," he added.
Rep. Lee Ki-heon said, `The Korean Sports Council sent an official letter to revise the operating guidelines the day before the National Assembly asked about pending issues last month. "In the pledge written by the players of Ipchon City, there is a clause that prohibits requests that exceed the level that can be accepted between individuals, such as laundry and cleaning." At the same time, he expressed regret over the full investigation and procedure of the athletes' village. "We conducted a total survey, but out of 1,500 athletes in Jincheon Training Center, only 144 players responded to the survey. Of these, 22 said they had experience forcing laundry (6 people), cleaning (6 people), and running errands (10 people)"10% is not a complete survey. There is also a lack of method of specifying in the pledge. It is also necessary to conduct a full investigation into the overall cases of human rights violations, including not only laundry, cleaning, and petty tricks, but also beatings and bullying, which Ahn said. Chief Jang said, `I will make sure that there is no such problem in the athletes' village. We will encourage the players to conduct a full investigation. I'll put the name of the athlete's village chief on the line"I'll think more about it. I'll try harder."
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