Citizen Group Files Criminal Complaint Against Elected Official Choi Kang-wook for Spreading False Information on 'Channel A Media-Political Collusion'

Choi Kang-wook, former Blue House Secretary for Public Office Discipline / [Yonhap News Archive Photo]

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Park Hee-eun] Choi Kang-wook, the elected proportional representative of the Open Democratic Party, has been reported to the prosecution on charges of spreading false information related to the collusion between prosecutors and media on SNS.

The Action Alliance for Restoring the Rule of Law held a press conference in front of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on the 19th. They announced that they would report Choi to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office for defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act.

Earlier, on the 4th, Choi posted on his Facebook a post titled "Summary of Channel A reporter's remarks in the letter and transcript."

He claimed that a Channel A reporter told Lee Cheol, former CEO of Value Invest Korea (VIK), "Mr. Lee, even if it is not true, just say you gave money to Yoo Si-min to save yourself. Then it will be over."

However, the full transcript released did not contain the content mentioned by Choi. Therefore, the organization’s position is that Choi’s claim is false.

The organization argued that Choi posted false facts on SNS with the intent to defame, which constitutes an act of damaging the victim’s honor.

Meanwhile, the Criminal Division 1 of the Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Jeong Jin-ung) is conducting an investigation into MBC’s so-called ‘prosecutor-media collusion’ report under the direction of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, and it is expected to also handle the additional report case against Choi.

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