Choi Kang-wook: "It Won't Be Just the Channel A Reporter... There Are Many Possibilities for Planning"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] Choi Kang-wook, co-chairman of the Open Democratic Party's joint election committee, said on the 7th, "It seems to be true that (the prosecution) tried to influence the election."

On the same day, he appeared on KBS's 'Kim Kyung-rae's Choi Kang Current Affairs' and responded to the host's question regarding the recent 'Channel A prosecution collusion suspicion,' saying, "They want to catch Director Yoo Si-min, and the prosecution would want that too. Then, they want to bring down the pro-Moon Jae-in faction, and they openly expressed such intentions."

He continued, "The prosecutor who was having the conversation had no sense of problem at all. It was like, 'Okay, let's work well together,' wasn't it?"

Chairman Choi stated, "In the end, what we feared happened," and claimed, "The so-called Yoon Seok-youl faction boasted about their investigative techniques, which involved constantly exchanging certain facts with the media, exaggerating them, and steering them in the necessary direction. Such incidents were frequent."

He added, "Before this election, there were concerns that they would try to realize their intended goals," and said, "The basis for this was seeing the indictment of the Ulsan case being strangely organized, and even mentioning the president several times, showing a kind of targeting."

He further said, "It was not simply a reporter's scoop ambition, nor was the reporter an experienced one, so it is unlikely that the reporter acted alone. Therefore, isn't there a strong possibility that there was some kind of planning?"

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