Hong Joon-pyo: "Lee Jae-myung, Passive Falsehood?... Bizarre Logic"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Hong Joon-pyo, former leader of the Liberty Korea Party, criticized the Supreme Court's ruling on the 16th, which acquitted Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung of charges related to the false statement about the 'forced hospitalization of his elder brother.' Hong said, "I learned for the first time from this ruling that there are both active false statements and passive false statements under election law," and added, "I also saw for the first time the bizarre logic that only active false statements are punishable, while passive false statements are not."

On the same day, Hong wrote on Facebook, "Although I had already anticipated this during the ruling on Seongnam Mayor Eun Soo-mi, thinking that similarly unprecedented and bizarre logic will appear again in the upcoming rulings on Gyeongnam Province Governor Kim Kyung-soo and former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk, I cannot shake off the suspicion that the judiciary of the Republic of Korea is heading towards the judiciary of Venezuela," expressing his concerns.

Hong further stated, "Even during the military dictatorship, the judiciary at least had some conscience, but from now on, the idea that lies, if passive, are not lies will become widespread," and concluded, "This is a truly pathetic country, heading towards a shameless nation unlike anything we have ever experienced before."

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