Sim Jae-cheol "Prosecutors' biased indictment succumbs to ruling party and Blue House pressure... Chu Mi-ae raises concerns over 'shield appointments'"

Shim Jae-cheol, floor leader of the Liberty Korea Party, is attending the floor strategy meeting held at the National Assembly on the 31st, delivering an opening remark. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] On the 2nd, the Liberty Korea Party criticized the prosecution's fast-track indictment as "biased prosecution," raising voices that it was a surrender to pressure from the ruling party and the Blue House. They also criticized TBS Radio's "Kim Eo-jun's News Factory" as biased and stated that they would file lawsuits if improvements are not made.

Shim Jae-cheol, the floor leader of the Liberty Korea Party, said at the party's floor strategy meeting held at the National Assembly on the 3rd, "The prosecution announced investigation results that are mindful of the Blue House and the regime regarding the fast-track case." The day before, the prosecution indicted 24 Liberty Korea Party lawmakers, including Representative Hwang Kyo-ahn and former Representative Na Kyung-won. In contrast, only five lawmakers from the Democratic Party of Korea were indicted.

Floor leader Shim added, "The prosecution has succumbed to pressure from the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party is openly showing its intention to control the prosecution, and the prosecution is trying to comply with this audacity. The fast-track outrage carried out under President Moon's order to initiate action is a series of illegal acts," adding, "It started with illegal substitution, and every stage is illegal. Liberty Korea Party lawmakers resisted the illegality to uphold the rule of law in the Republic of Korea."

The Liberty Korea Party stated that it was wrong for the prosecution to indict despite the fact that the ruling on the dispute over authority by Speaker Moon Hee-sang had not yet been issued, and said, "We will prove in court that the indictment was unjust." They also urged the Constitutional Court to make a prompt decision regarding the dispute over authority.

They also criticized the approval of Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae's appointment the previous day, strongly accusing her of being involved in the Ulsan mayoral election manipulation. On the same day, the prosecution investigated Mr. Jung, who was the deputy chief of staff when Minister Choo was the leader of the Democratic Party, as a witness. Floor leader Shim said, "The prosecution's investigation of Mr. Jung is essentially an investigation into whether there was interference in the Ulsan mayoral election," and criticized, "Minister Choo, who will soon exercise personnel authority over such a prosecution, is making a 'bulletproof personnel appointment' for herself." He also criticized the act of having Choi Kang-wook, the Blue House official in charge of public office discipline who was involved in former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk's case, collect gossip about prosecutors ahead of personnel appointments as a crime.

Park Sung-joong, a lawmaker and the special media committee chairman of the Liberty Korea Party, said, "The bias of TBS News Factory is serious," and stated, "If not improved, we will take legal action against host Kim Eo-jun, writers, and producers." Park pointed out, "From November 25 last year for four weeks, 107 segments were aired, of which 37 had political tendencies. Among these, programs featuring only progressive figures accounted for 65%, while those featuring only conservative figures accounted for 24%, showing serious bias," adding, "Among 12 talk segments, only four programs maintained balance between both sides, while eight featured only progressive figures, and none featured only conservatives."

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