Lee Jun-seok on the 'n번방' Case: "Who Benefited from the Abolition of the Photo Line?"

Lee Jun-seok, Supreme Council Member of the United Future Party / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Seulgi Kim] Regarding the 'Nth Room' case, in which minors and women were threatened to create sexually exploitative videos that were sold for money via Telegram, Lee Jun-seok, Supreme Council Member of the United Future Party, said, "Let's think about who benefited from the abolition of the photo line."

On the 22nd, Lee posted on his Facebook, "I also sympathize with the public outrage against the suspects in the Telegram Nth Room case," he said.

Lee said, "I don't know what stage the Blue House petition related to the Nth Room case has reached these days, but I also want to insist on putting the suspect Jo Mo on the photo line."

He added, "But let's all think about who the minister was that insisted on establishing human rights protection investigation rules, whose investigation was pressured leading to the abolition of the photo line, whose family actually benefited from the abolition of the photo line, and which administration disguised this as part of investigative agency reform."

He continued, "Let's vote properly this time to put suspects like the Nth Room suspect and the so-called 'Doctor' on the photo line in the future."

Lee explained, "Those who claimed at the time that abolishing the photo line was investigative agency reform and human rights investigation will now say 'Is that the same thing?' and argue that the investigation of that person back then and the investigation of the Nth Room suspect or the 'Doctor' now are different."

He said, "Human rights are inalienable rights. Just as in a normal election, a jobless person has one vote, a professor has one vote, and the president has one vote, if the rule of law selectively puts people on the photo line, then the investigation rules you talk about are not human rights investigations but privileged investigations," adding, "Put the Nth Room suspects and the 'Doctor' on the photo line, and even if the scandals of your administration are revealed in the future, put them all on the photo line."

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