Czech Ambassador to Korea visits doctor accused of sexual harassment

The Czech Ambassador to Korea Gustav Slamečka visited the Czech doctor who has been accused of allegedly sexually harassing a hygienist while drunk, the Czech News Agency reported on Thursday citing a spokesman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting took place with a lawyer present and picked up a transcript of the relevant interrogation.

The doctor, who holds the military rank of lieutenant colonel, visited Korea last week together with the delegation of Czechia’s minister of transport. He is accused of having slapped the South Korean hygienist on the backside while she was taking the temperature of passengers as part of anti-Covid measures after they landed at the airport in Seoul.

The case is set to be evaluated by Korean procurators and no charges have yet been pressed, the foreign ministry spokesman said. Five eyewitnesses who were part of the Czech government and business delegation have come out in defence of the doctor since the alleged incident occurred.