Kim Eo-jun, who raised the 'Yi Yong-su Halmoni background theory,' sent with a non-prosecution opinion

Broadcaster Kim Eo-jun [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghoon Jeong] The police have sent the defamation case against broadcaster Kim Eo-jun, who raised a 'behind-the-scenes theory' regarding the press conference of Japanese military comfort women victim grandmother Lee Yong-soo, to the prosecution with a non-prosecution opinion.

On the 16th, the Seoul Mapo Police Station announced that it had sent the case, in which the 'Judicial Exam Preparation Student Association' (Sajunmo) accused Kim of defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act, to the prosecution on the 14th with a non-prosecution opinion.

The police are known to have judged that Kim's remarks were an expression of his opinion rather than a statement of specific facts.

On May 26, the day after the second press conference of Japanese military comfort women victim grandmother Lee Yong-soo, Kim said on his tbs radio program 'Kim Eo-jun's News Factory' that "the grandmother's story is similar to the claims of Choi Yong-sang, leader of the Gaja Human Rights and Peace Party," and that "it is clear that the press conference document was not written by the grandmother herself."

The Korea Communications Standards Commission stated that "he mentioned unclear facts as subjective assumptions," submitted 'Kim Eo-jun's News Factory' to the plenary session, and on the 14th resolved a 'warning.'

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