Oh Young-soon, Gwangju Nam-gu Council Member, "Claims of Assault by Kim Seong-hwan Candidate's Side Are Not True"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Oh Young-soon, a member of the Nam-gu Council of Gwangju Metropolitan City, expressed her position regarding the assault allegations made by the campaign team of Kim Seong-hwan, candidate for Gwangju Dong·Nam-gu (Eul).

Councilor Oh stated, “Kim’s campaign team is making absurd claims, such as being assaulted by Lee’s campaign workers,” and added, “At the time, a dispute arose when Kim’s campaign workers intruded into Lee Byung-hoon’s campaign site and conducted election activities.”

She continued, “Kim is showing a typical example of old-fashioned politics by attacking candidate Lee through press releases without verifying the facts with the parties involved.”

She also claimed, “At that time, Kim’s campaign’s accounting manager, who is a special relation to Kim, behaved unreasonably by reporting to the police that he was assaulted after dropping his phone, which was partially damaged, while taking photos during the dispute.”

Councilor Oh emphasized, “The police who arrived at the scene confirmed the identities of both parties and notified them of any damages and rights issues,” and added, “However, under the current Personal Information Protection Act, Lee’s campaign could not disclose the identity of its workers, yet Kim’s side did not contact the police but directly demanded contact information from the campaign.”

She further said, “Although the police on site announced that they could provide assistance at any time, it is regrettable to see Kim’s side pretending to be victims through the media as if they had been waiting for this opportunity.”

Along with this, she stated, “I do not understand if a candidate who claims to do politics for the people would act by falsely accusing a good-natured woman in her 60s, a campaign worker, of being a criminal perpetrator without verifying the facts,” and added, “Seeing such absurd behavior of spreading false information to the media to criticize the opposing candidate, I sincerely hope this kind of old-fashioned politics will stop now.”

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