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Son Beom-gyu steps down from PPP spokesperson role after sexual assault complaint filed

Published: 07 Dec. 2025, 15:54 Updated: 08 Dec. 2025, 12:17

Son Beom-gyu, a candidate for the People Power Party’s Supreme Council, delivers a speech at the party’s sixth convention at OSCO in Cheongju, North Chungcheong on Aug. 22. [NEWS1]

Son Beom-gyu, spokesperson for the People Power Party (PPP) and the chair for the party’s Incheon Namdong-A district, resigned Sunday after a PPP councilor filed a police complaint accusing him of sexual harassment.

Son announced his decision to step down from his spokesperson role on Facebook, but denied wrongdoing.

“It should have been a graceful Sunday, and on my birthday I thought about death,” Son wrote. “I died once. Starting today, I will reveal the truth about the sexual assault allegation.”

The PPP said Son submitted his resignation on Saturday, and that party leader Jang Dong-hyeok accepted it immediately.

“Jang ordered a swift fact-finding investigation by the party’s audit committee,” the PPP said.

The councilor filed a petition with the PPP's ethics committee on Sept. 15. The committee conducted in-person interviews with Son, the councilor and related figures in November.

Channel A reported that the councilor filed a police complaint on Nov. 10 with the Incheon Metropolitan Police, accusing Son of sexual assault and assault by abuse of authority. The councilor told Channel A by phone that Son assaulted them at a pub in February 2023 and that they filed the complaint.

The Incheon Seobu Police Precinct, which received the case from the metropolitan police agency, summoned Son for questioning on Dec. 2 and is continuing its investigation.

This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.
BY CHO MUN-GYU [[email protected]]