He was appointed as the Governor of Hwanghae Province in 1921 , and the Governor of North Chungcheong Province in 1923 to 1925 . After the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake , he appealed to the Japanese government to release the arrested Koreans , and asserted that the Koreans were not involved in the criminal cases which occurred during the earthquake . In November 1924 , he was accused in a sex abuse scandal , but the accuser woman suddenly died ; three years later , the charge against him was dismissed . In 1928 , he was re-appointed as the Governor of Hwanghae Province
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
Bak Jungyang