 "Ahn Hee-jung")
A promising politician who had ambitions of becoming South Korea’s next president resigned Tuesday after his secretary accused him of raping her.
Ahn Hee-jung, 52, the governor of South Chungcheong province who last year was runner-up against Moon Jae-in to become the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, has become the latest high-profile figure to fall in the #MeToo movement quickly spreading across the male-dominated society.
His dramatic fall came a day after the secretary, Kim Ji-eun, made the accusation on a TV news show. She told local cable channel JTBC late Monday that Ahn raped her four times over the past eight months.
