Yoo Si-min "Channel A Reporter, Keeping Quiet and Pretending Not to Know... Feeling Like Doing a Solo Protest"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Shinwon Yoon] Yoo Si-min, chairman of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation, expressed his feelings about the prosecution's investigation into the Channel A reporter's alleged collusion with the prosecution, where the reporter reportedly used his friendship with a high-ranking prosecutor to conduct threatening coverage. Yoo said, "I feel like doing a one-person protest in front of Channel A headquarters."

On the 21st, during the final broadcast of the foundation's YouTube channel 'Yoo Si-min's Alileo,' he stated, "They let two weeks pass, probably destroyed all the evidence during that time, and now, at the point when no more information will surface, they have started the investigation," adding, "Will the prosecution work hard enough to find all the evidence they destroyed? Absolutely not. They won't."

He continued, "Just looking at the letters and recordings revealed so far, Channel A should apologize to me, but they are completely silent and pretending not to know," and said, "I feel like going to Channel A headquarters to do a one-person protest."

Regarding rumors that he was involved in the ongoing prosecution investigation into Shinrajen executives' 'insider trading of undisclosed information,' he said, "No matter how much you dig, nothing will come out. If you are still digging, give up," and added, "If I had anything to be 'scared' of, I wouldn't be able to fight like this."

He also said, "When I come out this strongly, even prosecutors should think, 'There’s no water here even if we dig,' and give up," adding, "Even if they search the phones and diaries of the two detained Shinrajen executives, nothing will come out. In fact, I don't even know their phone numbers and have never met them except once greeting them at an event..."

Regarding his leading criticism of the investigation into former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk's family, he said, "I judged that the president's personnel authority was being shaken by a despicable, common family hostage drama method from a low-quality thriller, and staying silent was embarrassing," adding, "I couldn't stand it, so it happened."

He also said, "If it were a calculation for a presidential run, I would be really stupid," and "When I heard such criticism, I got irritated thinking, 'Do you think I'm so stupid that I can't even think what you think?'"

Chairman Yoo also shared an anecdote about advising Supreme Council member Park Joo-min before the Democratic Party's top leadership decided on participation in a proportional representation coalition party.

He said, "I told him that it would look better in parliamentary operations if the Democratic Party had less than 180 seats alone but filled 180 seats with a partner," and "Since the Democratic Party is uneasy, they have no choice but to create a proportional party, but citizens will understand this, so it’s not something to be heavily criticized," he introduced.

Regarding Ahn Cheol-soo, leader of the People’s Party, he sarcastically said, "He is a person who made a great contribution to the development of the Democratic Party," adding, "He gathered those who were causing confusion in the party and went out together, and thanks to the great success last time, the Democratic Party’s quality instantly rose from grade 4 to grade 2 water. After completing all missions, he modestly remains outside with only three proportional representatives."

Supreme Council member Park Joo-min, who appeared on the broadcast that day, expressed regret over Yoo’s declaration to stop political criticism, saying, "The progressive camp can only think that they have benefited from Chairman Yoo."

Park said, "The party leadership has a lot of worries and concerns about the many seats," adding, "We need to prepare to handle this, but before that, fearing an accident might happen, the Supreme Council hurriedly held a meeting and decided to send a letter of caution in the form of a personal letter from Representative Lee Hae-chan. That probably has been sent."

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