Prosecutors Launch Investigation into Source Case of 'KBS False Report on Prosecutor-Media Collusion'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] The prosecution has launched an investigation into the 'Unnamed Source' case, who was accused of attempting to interfere in the investigation of the 'Geomeon Yuchak Incident' by submitting false transcripts to KBS.

On the 7th, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office announced that it assigned the case, in which the civic group Action Alliance for Establishing the Rule of Law (Beopse-ryeon) filed a complaint against the source who provided false information to KBS for obstruction of business by deception, to the Criminal Division 1 (Chief Prosecutor Kim Nam-soon).

Earlier, Beopse-ryeon submitted a complaint last month, claiming that the unnamed source submitted false transcripts of former Channel A reporter Lee Dong-jae (35, detained) and Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon (47, 27th Judicial Research and Training Institute) to KBS with the intent to influence the investigation and the decision of the Investigation Deliberation Committee regarding the 'Geomeon Yuchak Incident.'

On the 18th of last month, KBS reported that the transcript of the conversation between former reporter Lee and Prosecutor Han contained evidence that the two conspired to raise suspicions about Yoo Si-min, director of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation, being involved in the ShillaJen case. However, when controversy arose as the actual transcript content differed from the report, KBS apologized the next day, stating that "facts that were not accurately confirmed were expressed definitively."

Prosecutor Han filed a lawsuit seeking damages worth around 500 million won against eight individuals, including the head of the news department, at the Seoul Southern District Court regarding the KBS report.

The KBS 'Geomeon Yuchak False Report' Fact-Finding Committee, composed of the KBS Labor Union, the Public Broadcasting Union, and Media Solidarity, filed a complaint on the 5th at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office against President Yang Seung-dong and reporter Lee, who was responsible for the report.

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