Pyo Chang-won#Group Rapist Accusation of Political Opponents
{{Short description|South Korean politician (born 1966)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Pyo Chang-won
| image = Pyo Chang-won Pandora 161207.png
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|05|03}}
| party = Democratic Party of Korea
| alma_mater = Korea National Police University University of Exeter
| birth_place = Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
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| office1 = Member of the National Assembly
| term_start1 = May 30, 2016
| term_end1 = May 29, 2020
| predecessor1 = Constituency Established
| successor1 = Lee Tan-hee
| constituency1 = Gyeonggi Yongin D
| module = {{Infobox Korean name
|hangul = 표창원
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Pyo Chang-won ({{Korean|hangul=표창원}}; born May 3, 1966) is a South Korean politician. He was a member of the National Assembly from 2016 to 2020.
Early life
In 2013, a journalist accused Pyo of plagiarism in his doctoral dissertation, and Pyo in return threatened the journalist with legal action.{{Citation
| last = Jang
| first = Inseo
| title = Pyo Changwon, former professor of Korean National Police University, admits plagiarism in his doctoral thesis
| newspaper = Asia Economy
| date = July 8, 2013
| url = http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2013070806515974733
| access-date = August 11, 2016}} Later, with a letter from his doctoral advisor, Pyo denied the allegations and claimed the alleged plagiarisms were minor mistakes in citations.{{Citation
| last = Shin
| first = Jongcheol
| title = Pyo Changwon's doctoral advisor, "No problem in his PhD degree... It's errors in citation, not plagiarism"
| newspaper=OhmyNews
| date = July 9, 2013
| url = http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0001883988
| access-date = August 11, 2016}} In 2016, additional plagiarism was found in his doctoral dissertation, but Pyo's representatives said in response that the issue of Pyo's had already been addressed, and there is no further comment to be made.{{Citation
| title = [Exclusive] Pyo Chang Won candidate of The Minjoo Party of Korea, addiotonal plagiarism found
| newspaper = MediaWatch
| date = April 4, 2016
| url = http://www.mediawatch.kr/news/article.html?no=250053
| access-date = August 11, 2016}}
Political career
Pyo announced his candidacy for the 2016 parliamentary election, saying that he wanted "to realize justice through politics".{{Cite news|url=http://www.kyeongin.com/main/view.php?key=20151227010009823|script-title=ko:문재인 인재 영입 1호 표창원… 당명개정 등 ‘위기돌파’ 가속도|last=Kim|first=Sungi|date=2015-12-28|work=Kyeongin Ilbo}} He was elected to the National Assembly as a member of the Democratic Party.{{Cite news |last=Kim |first=Hyunkyung |date=2016-04-14 |title=표창원, 경기 용인정 당선 확정 '제대로 잘 하겠습니다' |url=http://www.wowtv.co.kr/newscenter/news/view.asp?bcode=T30001000&artid=A201604140008}}
In November and December 2016, Pyo made several comments accusing supporters of Park Geun-hye to have mindsets of group rapists, based on neutralization theory.{{Citation |last=최 |first=성근 |title=표창원 "박근혜 지지자, 집단 성폭행범 심리와 유사" |date=November 28, 2016 |newspaper=이데일리 |url=http://www.edaily.co.kr/news/news_detail.asp?newsId=02519046612850312&mediaCodeNo=257 |access-date=April 20, 2018}}{{Citation |title=표창원 "친박부역자들 심리, 집단성폭행범들의 그것과 같다" |date=November 28, 2016 |newspaper=헤럴드경제 |url=http://news.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20161128000612 |access-date=April 20, 2018}}{{Citation
| title = '썰전' 표창원 "국정농단 부역자들, 집단 성폭행범들 심리와 유사"
| newspaper=The Dong-a Ilbo
| date = December 16, 2016
| url = http://news.donga.com/3/all/20161216/81869658/2
| access-date = April 20, 2018}} At the same time, he released a list of politicians who opposed President Park's impeachment, now known as the Pyo Changwon List.{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2018 |title=경찰 표창원이 표창원 의원이 되기까지 |url=http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0002412614&CMPT_CD=P0010}} This was criticized by his opponents as a direct act against representative democracy,{{Cite web |title=표창원 '탄핵 리스트'로 與압박, 대의민주주의 정면위반 |url=http://www.mediapen.com/news/view/211505}} an act of political terrorism,{{Cite web |date=December 2016 |title=민경욱, "표창원 '反탄핵 의원 리스트'는 테러수준 만행" - 헤럴드경제 |url=http://news.heraldcorp.com/issueplus/view.php?ud=201612010916045223212_1}} and an act against the right to vote as provided by the Constitution of South Korea.{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2016 |title='썰전' 전원책 "지금껏 잘해온 표창원, 탄핵 반대 리스트로 의결권 깼다" 진한 아쉬움 |url=http://www.newspim.com/news/view/20161208000471 |work=뉴스핌}}
On January 20, 2017, Pyo hosted a galleria at the parliament which included artworks satirizing Park.{{Cite web |date=March 7, 2017 |title=표창원 현수막과 朴대통령 누드화 '더러운 잠' 총정리 - 머니투데이 |url=http://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2017030714153413361&outlink=1}} One such artwork, the Dirty Sleep (더러운 잠), depicted a naked Park and was criticized by women's rights organizations.{{Cite web |date=January 24, 2017 |title=문재인도 '박근혜 누드화' 두고 표창원 비판 |url=http://www.m-i.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=285559}} Pyo was put under investigation by the Ethics Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea, and was banned from holding a post within the party for six months.{{Cite web |date=February 2, 2017 |title=민주, 표창원 6개월 당직정지…與 "꼬리자르기, 솜방망이 처벌"(종합) |url=http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2017/02/02/0200000000AKR20170202118051001.HTML?input=1195m}}
Post-political life
Pyo decided not to run in the 2020 election, instead opening the Pyo Chang-won Institute of Crime Science while also hosting a radio show at MBC and current affairs program Scandal Supervisor on JTBC. He left the program in December 2020.
Filmography
= Television shows =
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| Earth in | SBS Plus | Host | | {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=109&aid=0004502816|author=Jang Woo-young|title=[단독] 장도연x배성재x표창원, '지구in' 3MC 출격…재미+지식 다 잡는다 (종합)|trans-title= [Exclusive] Jang Do-yeon x Bae Seong-jae x Pyo Chang-won, 'Earth in' 3MC sortie... All fun + knowledge (comprehensive)|publisher=OSEN |via=Naver |date=November 2, 2021|access-date= November 2, 2021|language=ko}} |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.cwpyo.com/}}
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Category:Members of the National Assembly (South Korea)
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