Jin Joong-kwon "Jung Bong-ju and Kim Yong-min, those yangXX... their dreams are ambitious"

"Kim Yong-min is acting up again, criticizing Jin Joong-kwon and supporting Jeong Bong-ju"

Jin Joong-kwon, former professor at Dongyang University / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Ga-yeon] Former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon recently criticized former lawmaker Jeong Bong-ju, who rejoined the Democratic Party and announced his intention to run for the Gangseo-gap district in Seoul, saying, "His dreams are quite ambitious."

On the 16th, Jin posted on his Facebook, "Kim Yong-min is acting up again, criticizing Jin Joong-kwon and supporting Jeong Bong-ju," expressing his criticism.

He said, "Why do they all lack a sense of reality?" and added, "Just a word of caution: Jeong Bong-ju, the moment you stick your head out of that molehill, you’ll get a solid hit right in the center of your forehead."

Jin continued, "So behave accordingly," and added, "You should be the one to reflect. Do you really need others to make you do it? You bastards."

This was a response to Jeong’s announcement on the 13th that he intended to run in the constituency of Democratic Party lawmaker Geum Tae-seop.

Jeong referred to Geum as "the Democratic Party lawmaker wearing a red jumper" in a post on his YouTube community, saying, "A representative lawmaker of the Democratic Party should at least wear a 'blue jumper.'"

He added, "The internal enemy is always the most dangerous," and "In the 2020 general election, the 'blue' Democratic Party won a landslide victory over the 'red.'"

On the same day, Jin posted an article containing Jeong’s remarks on his Facebook and targeted him, saying, "The moment you come out, I will immediately 'remove' you. I guarantee it 100%."

Jeong Bong-ju, former member of the Democratic Party of Korea / Photo by Yonhap News

Jeong was sentenced to one year in prison for spreading false information after raising suspicions about former President Lee Myung-bak’s involvement in the BBK stock manipulation scandal during the 2007 presidential election.

After being specially pardoned in 2017, he was preparing to run for Seoul mayor but withdrew after being accused of sexual harassment. Later, he was acquitted in the first trial on October last year and rejoined the Democratic Party in November of the same year, regaining party membership.

Political commentator Kim Yong-min said in a Facebook post in March 2018, "There have been aggressive articles written about former lawmaker Jeong. The targets were the media outlets reporting on this," adding, "It’s pointless to talk now about criticizing the media that irresponsibly created suspicions to link Jeong to sexual harassment, as no one will be convinced in the current situation."

He said, "Now, I am ready to take the hits alongside former lawmaker Jeong," and "When I wrote articles supporting him, I was already prepared for the consequences."

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