Pyo Chang-won

Pyo Chang-won (Korean: 표창원; Hanja: 表蒼園; born May 3, 1966) is a South Korean politician, with professional expertise in police studies and politics.[1] He is an outspoken, self-taught and self-proclaimed expert on criminal profiling. He stated he wanted "to realize justice through politics", and announced his candidacy for the 2016 parliamentary election.[2] He was elected to the National Assembly as a member of the Democratic Party.[3]

In this Korean name, the family name is Pyo.
Pyo Chang-won
Member of the National Assembly
In office
May 30, 2016 – May 29, 2020
Preceded byConstituency Established
Succeeded byLee Tan-hee
ConstituencyGyeonggi Yongin D
Personal details
Born (1966-05-03) May 3, 1966
Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
Political partyDemocratic Party of Korea
Alma materKorea National Police University University of Exeter
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationPyo Chang-won
McCune–ReischauerP'yo Ch'angwŏn

Life

Political activity

He decided not to run for reelection on the 21st National Assembly elections, 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 (although he left in December 2020).

Controversy

In 2013, a journalist accused Pyo of plagiarism in his doctoral dissertation, and Pyo in return threatened the journalist with legal action.[4] Later, with a letter from his doctoral advisor, Pyo denied the allegations and claimed the alleged plagiarisms were minor mistakes in citations.[5] 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.[6]

On November 28, 2016, Pyo made a remark on his political opposition of having the mind of a group rapist, based on neutralization theory. He said on Facebook that 5% of South Koreans, who remain to be supporters of President Park Geun-hye, are rationalizing their political opinion and are no different from group rapists who also rationalize their behavior in accordance with the principles of neutralization theory.[7][8] Several days later on December 15, 2016, Pyo commented on TV that supporters of Park Geun-hye have similar minds as group rapists.[9]

On November 30, 2016, Pyo released a list of politicians who opposed President Park's impeachment, now known as the Pyo Changwon List.[10] This act was called upon by opponents as a direct act against representative democracy,[11] an act of political terrorism,[12] and an act against the right to vote as provided by the Constitution of South Korea.[13]

On January 20, 2017, Pyo hosted a galleria at the parliament which included artworks satirizing Park.[14] One such artwork was the Dirty Sleep (더러운 잠), which depicted a naked Park. Many women's rights organizations and female-oriented organizations condemned the galleria as degradation of women. The galleria was soon halted and President Moon criticized Pyo for hosting the event.[15] 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.[16]

References
  1. Pyo, Changwon (1997). The police and Crimewatch UK : a Study of the Police use of Crime Reconstruction and Witness Appeal Programmes in Britain (Thesis). Exeter University.
  2. Kim, Sungi (December 28, 2015). 문재인 인재 영입 1호 표창원… 당명개정 등 ‘위기돌파’ 가속도. Kyeongin Ilbo.
  3. Kim, Hyunkyung (April 14, 2016). "표창원, 경기 용인정 당선 확정 '제대로 잘 하겠습니다'".
  4. Jang, Inseo (July 8, 2013), "Pyo Changwon, former professor of Korean National Police University, admits plagiarism in his doctoral thesis", Asia Economy, retrieved August 11, 2016
  5. Shin, Jongcheol (July 9, 2013), "Pyo Changwon's doctoral advisor, "No problem in his PhD degree... It's errors in citation, not plagiarism"", OhmyNews, retrieved August 11, 2016
  6. "[Exclusive] Pyo Chang Won candidate of The Minjoo Party of Korea, addiotonal plagiarism found", MediaWatch, April 4, 2016, retrieved August 11, 2016
  7. 최, 성근 (November 28, 2016), "표창원 "박근혜 지지자, 집단 성폭행범 심리와 유사"", 이데일리, retrieved April 20, 2018
  8. "표창원 "친박부역자들 심리, 집단성폭행범들의 그것과 같다"", 헤럴드경제, November 28, 2016, retrieved April 20, 2018
  9. "'썰전' 표창원 "국정농단 부역자들, 집단 성폭행범들 심리와 유사"", 동아일보, December 16, 2016, retrieved April 20, 2018
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