United Future Party: "No 'Nth Room' Revelations This Weekend... Lee Hae-chan, Stop Distorting the Essence with 'Conspiracy Theory'"

Jeong Won-seok & Jo Seong-eun: "We are the young generation, we don't do dirty politics"
"Despite party outrage and temptations, we refuse... agreed to respect in the campaign committee"
"Lee Hae-chan even used 'Nth Room' as a political tool"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hye-min] The Future United Party's Telegram Nth Room Eradication Task Force (TF) on the 10th drew a line against speculations that it would expose the involvement of ruling party figures in the Nth Room case right before the election, stating, "We firmly reject attempts to obscure the essence of the case by spreading lists."

Jung Won-seok, the full-time spokesperson of the Future United Party's election committee, and Cho Sung-eun, the deputy chairperson of the election committee, held a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Office in the afternoon and said, "No matter how close to the election, the political circle is excessively distorting the essence of the problem for political purposes," adding, "The weekend 'political conspiracy theory' by Lee Hae-chan, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is a sad reality that clearly shows how our society is being instrumentally used for problems that need to be solved."

Spokesperson Jung said, "Even with the election approaching, the essence of the problem must not be misled. We cannot understand why Representative Lee himself overreacts and appears as the subject of all kinds of speculation and political conspiracy novels within the political circle," and added, "Unlike the ruling party, we will focus on the essence of the problem as a legitimate political party." The United Party decided to elevate the TF to a committee.

Deputy Chairperson Cho also said, "There was no proper investigation from late 2018 to 2019 when drug-related sex crimes and exploitative videos exploded. Then, when Jo Joo-bin mentioned the name of a pro-government figure, it became politicized, and both the victims and we are angry," emphasizing, "The Future United Party rejects attempts to obscure the essence of this inhumane crime by calling it a political conspiracy. This is a serious criminal case that cannot be reduced to political strife, and we will strive to create a society that does not neglect the victims."

They expressed concern, saying, "It is most regrettable that after broadcaster Kim Eo-jun and Representative Lee's conspiracy stories surfaced, the essence of the Nth Room issue has fallen into a political issue," and added, "To resolve the Nth Room issue, it must be pursued even after the general election, but there is no focused discussion on that, only continuous speculation about who is involved."

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Regarding rumors that 'Lee Nak-yeon's son' and 'ruling party figures' are on the Nth Room list, they said in the morning, "After organizing the tips, it was confirmed that candidate Lee Nak-yeon's son is unrelated to the Nth Room case." They added, "It is true that some tips include ruling party figures, but no clear fact-checking has been done." They stated, "We keep being accused of making lists, but we have no interest in lists. That is for investigative agencies to reveal. We urge that the identities of the 224 suspects currently arrested be clearly disclosed."

Regarding Lee Jin-bok, the party's general election headquarters chief, saying that revelations might come out around the weekend, they explained, "That is a distortion and exaggeration." They said, "There is public outrage within the party. It is true that the atmosphere within the party has intensified even with just names or suspicions, and there are many opinions that the public should be informed," but added, "The victims we met firmly reject such simple exposure and volatile issue-making, and their opinions are the most important."

They added, "We conveyed this stance to the election committee and received understanding. A consensus was reached to respect our position as much as possible."

Spokesperson Jung emphasized again, "The political conspiracy theory started from the mindset of Representative Lee Hae-chan, who considers the 'Nth Room' case as weekend material. I want to ask what kind of political conspiracy he has in mind to distort even this heinous crime into a political happening," and said, "We cannot tolerate any act that frames this as a conspiracy theory." He added, "We are the younger generation; we do not want to engage in dirty politics."

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