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Rape apology sought from baduk champion

A Hungarian baduk player competing in Korea is demanding an apology from a star Korean player for allegedly raping her at his home, reports Korea JoongAng Daily. In an interview in Seoul on Tuesday, Diana Koszegi (right) told the JoongAng Ilbo that she has not received a response from Kim Seong-ryong, a top-level baduk player, after she claimed on an online forum on April 17 that he forced himself on her on the night of June 5, 2009. The accusation made headlines after its posting and was followed by a joint statement by fifty women baduk players in support of Koszegi on April 19. It follows another sexual misconduct scandal in which a baduk player installed a spy camera in a women’s bathroom at the Korea Baduk Association. Kim has denied the rape allegation through an associate, claiming his relations with Koszegi were consensual. The Korean Baduk Players Association, which is the collective entity representing pros and is separate from KBA, voted 85.8% on May 8 to expel Kim.  On May 14, the KBA temporarily suspended Kim until the ethics commission of KBA finishes looking into it and finalizes the case, expected by the end of the month. Read more here. 5/17: This post has been updated; it was the KBPA, not the KBA, which expelled Kim.