YouTuber Park Wi said he will resign as a Seoul city PR ambassador amid backlash over releasing CCTV footage of a KTX fall accident.
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YouTuber Park Wi has conveyed his intention to resign as a Seoul City public relations ambassador amid the continuing controversy over the release of security camera footage of a fall accident on the Korean high-speed train KTX. According to Seoul City yesterday (the 27th), Park Wi recently informed Seoul City of his intention to resign as a public relations ambassador. A city official said, "He conveyed his intention to resign, meaning to refrain from activity." Seoul City plans to proceed with internal procedures after reviewing the regulations regarding commissioning and resignation of public relations ambassadors, etc. On the 21st of this month, Park Wi uploaded to his YouTube channel "WERACLE" security camera footage showing the accident, saying that when getting off the KTX, the wheel of his wheelchair got caught on the foot of a social service worker and he fell. However, some internet users criticized Park Wi, citing that the social service worker apologized repeatedly at the scene and that it was not intentional. As the controversy grew, Park Wi deleted the video and apologized, saying, "At the time the situation occurred, I could not consider the position of the worker who did their best to help me at the scene and politely apologized." After that, the special lecture and talk concert for the Seoul Youth Policy Network, which Park Wi had been scheduled to attend in the capacity of Seoul City public relations ambassador, were canceled one after another. On the 25th, voices calling for Park Wi's dismissal as Seoul City public relations ambassador were also received through the National Petition system, an online window that accepts public complaints and suggestions. • YouTuber Park Wi, who is fully paralyzed, goes viral after releasing CCTV footage of a fall accident... apologizes after debate • Secret member Ji-eun releases unpublished wedding photos with fully paralyzed YouTuber Park Wi: "Let's relive the emotion of that day"
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