Choo Mi-ae "Can't Ask Because We're Weekend Couple" Kim Woong "Should Leave a Call at Your House"

Kim Woong, member of the People Power Party./Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Joo-hee] On the 14th, Kim Woong, a member of the People Power Party, sarcastically targeted Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae, who is under suspicion of special favors for her son's military leave, saying, "I should leave a phone at the minister's house." This was a criticism of Minister Choo's response when asked whether she or her husband had filed a complaint regarding her son's military leave extension, to which she replied, "We are a weekend couple, so I am not in a position to ask my husband."

On the same day, Kim said in a post on his Facebook, "She says she can't even ask her husband, who is a weekend couple, because there is no phone."

At the National Assembly's government questioning session held that day, Minister Choo denied the internal Ministry of National Defense document suggesting that her parents (Minister Choo and her husband) had directly filed a complaint for the leave extension, stating that "there is no such fact."

When Park Hyung-soo, a member of the People Power Party, asked, "Who among you and your husband made the call, Minister?" Minister Choo replied, "I have no record of contacting anyone." When Park asked again, "Then did Minister Choo's husband make the call?" she responded, "I am not in a position to ask my husband. We are a weekend couple," which sparked public outrage.

Minister Choo added, "(The document) does not confirm that the parents made the call, but it seems to confirm that the son responded in context that the parents probably made the call."

Regarding the suspicion that a secretary called the military unit to extend her son's leave while she was the leader of the Democratic Party, Minister Choo also said, "I never instructed the secretary to make such a call."

When Park asked, "Did you ask the secretary at the time whether they made the call?" Minister Choo replied, "I do not want to confirm that. Because I do not want to interfere with the investigation."

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