Choi Kang-wook: "Corrupt groups' dirty schemes... I will repay them as the world has changed"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] Choi Kang-wook, former Blue House Secretary for Public Office Discipline, who was elected as a proportional representative for the 21st National Assembly election from the Open Democratic Party, stated on the 18th, "The dirty schemes of a corrupt group, not even a handful, will continue," and added, "I will make sure they feel that the world has changed."

On the same day, Choi posted on his Facebook, "I promised prosecutorial reform and media reform," and said, "At the very least, I have not lived more corruptly than those wicked ones. Watch closely and join me."

Choi added, "If there are distorted articles claiming I threatened the prosecution and the media, they are clearly fabrications, as they rummage through my past Facebook posts to praise Prosecutor Yoon Seok-youl and now change their words."

Previously, in May 2017, when Yoon Seok-youl was appointed as the head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Choi defended the appointment, saying, "You have no right to criticize by calling it a 'regime code.' Was Yoon Seok-youl’s life ever about chasing power and selling his conscience?"

Choi emphasized, "It is a serious cognitive dissonance or distortion to think that the investigation carried out by Yoon and his clique, who are only a part of the prosecution members, is an investigation seeking justice and truth against power."

He continued, "If power were to pressure the prosecution to distort investigations, how could they have just let the arrest warrant request for the current Minister of Justice, a former Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs, pass by?" referring to the prosecution’s investigation of former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk.

Choi raised his voice, saying, "It is necessary and natural to monitor the Blue House as a power institution, but if you recall the shady power plays of the Blue House in the past under the name of the Blue House, it is nothing but cognitive distortion."

Meanwhile, former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon commented on Facebook regarding Choi’s remarks, saying, "The 'corrupt group' including Yoo Jae-soo’s corruption, the cover-up of that corruption, interference in the Ulsan mayoral election, forgery of private documents, the private equity fund, VIK (Value Invest Korea), Shinrajen, and Lime Fund, say they will seriously show that the world has changed. Stay tuned," and added, "I look forward to how many more incidents they will cause."

Choi is currently under non-custodial indictment by the prosecution for allegedly falsifying an internship confirmation letter for the son of former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk.

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