The Peaceful Our Home , a shelter run by the Korean Council for Japanese wartime sexual slavery survivors in Mapo District , western Seoul , is pictured Monday . A wake is in process at a hospital in Sinchon - dong , western Seoul , after the death of the shelter ’ s former head on Saturday . [ YONHAP ] Police on Tuesday confirmed that an aide to embattled Rep . Yoon Mee - hyang had initially called authorities to the home of the head of a shelter for former comfort women victims who was found dead Saturday after an apparent suicide . Police initially described the caller as an acquaintance and former colleague of the deceased woman , Sohn Young - mi . It ' s unclear whether the aide initially disclosed her position in the National Assembly to police , or if she did not admit to being on Yoon ' s staff until later . Sohn had been the head of Peaceful Our Home , a shelter for survivors of the Japanese military ’ s wartime sexual slavery in Mapo District , western Seoul . The shelter since 2012 has been run by the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan , a civic group that is the subject of an investigation by prosecutors following a comfort woman survivor ' s questioning of its financial transparency last month . The aide , after failing to get in contact with Sohn , visited her apartment in Paju , Gyeonggi , at 10 : 35 p . m . on Saturday but did not get any response and contacted 119 . Around 20 minutes later , police discovered Sohn dead in apparent suicide in the bathroom of her fourth - floor apartment around 10 : 55 p . m . Yoon , a former head of the Korean Council , took her seat as a proportional representative of the ruling Democratic Party on May 30 , after she was elected in April . Rep . Kwak Sang - do , a two - term lawmaker from the main opposition United Future Party ( UFP ) who is leading the party ’ s task force probing allegations against the Korean Council , told the JoongAng Ilbo Tuesday that the aide was also a former executive in the Korean Council " who was hired as an aide to Rep . Yoon for the 21 st National Assembly . " Kwak said “ there are numerous suspicious points , ” noting that Yoon had shared a Facebook post late Saturday night on Sohn , then deleted it the next morning . The Facebook post described how Yoon and Sohn first met in 2004 , recollecting how Sohn said she was okay with receiving little pay to work “ for a good cause ” to help the wartime sexual slavery victims . The post also reminisced about difficult times they had shared together . Kwak questioned whether Rep . Yoon told her aide to visit Sohn ’ s house , or if the aide learned of Sohn ’ s death and informed Yoon right away , and added , “ Rep . Yoon has to make clear if she made the Facebook post after hearing news of the death [ from her aide ] . ” Regarding the revelation that an aide to Yoon had been involved , a staffer at the lawmaker ' s office said Tuesday , “ There is nothing to say on this . We don ’ t plan on giving a position on this in the future . ” The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family has refused to submit documents related to the Korean Council to the UFP lawmaker , according to his office , citing protection of personal information . Kwak ’ s office last week requested documents related to the group ’ s commemorative events and funds for comfort women victims during the past 10 years . Prosecutors are separately investigating allegations of accounting fraud and misuse of donations by the Korean Council . On May 20 and 21 , prosecutors raided the group ' s office , its affiliated museum and the Mapo shelter . Sohn was said to have been having a hard time psychologically after the raid , according to the Korean Council . Police have tentatively concluded that Sohn had committed suicide , while they continue to investigate details of the death . The National Forensic Service conducted an autopsy on her body Monday and in its initial findings found no evidence of foul play . Digital forensic investigators are examining her mobile phone to review her last phone call and anything that can be construed as a suicide note . Sohn ’ s phone was left in her car before she headed into her apartment , at around 10 : 57 a . m . Saturday morning , Paju police said Tuesday . There may be little evidence available on the device , given that Sohn couldn ’ t be reached for half a day before she was found , and the phone was not with her in her final moments . The Korean Council said Tuesday that a memo with a prosecutor ’ s name and phone number that the group said was written in Sohn ’ s handwriting was found at the shelter . The contact was one of the prosecutors from the Seoul Western District Prosecutors ’ Office in charge of investigating the allegations of accounting fraud against the Korean Council . The Seoul Western District Prosecutors ’ Office however said in a statement that the investigator visited the Mapo shelter on May 21 to conduct a raid and that a woman on the other side of the gate had said that she could not open the gate until a lawyer arrived to the scene . The prosecutors ’ office added , “ The related investigator passed on his mobile phone number to the legal representative , and the memo being reported about appears to be the phone number that woman jotted down . ” Sohn ’ s wake is being held at the Severance Hospital in Sinchon - dong , western Seoul . It is closed to media . BY SARAH KIM , HYUN IL - HOON , JEON IK - JIN [ kim . sarah @ joongang . co . kr ]