Tak Hyun-min: "The Opposition Party Claims That Unaired Dramas Should Not Be Scheduled"

Controversy Surrounding JTBC's 'Undercover' Scheduled to Air in January Next Year
Opposition Claims "JTBC Planned a Drama Glorifying the Corruption Investigation Office"

Tak Hyun-min, Protocol Secretary to the Blue House / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] The People Power Party has claimed that the JTBC drama 'Undercover (working title),' scheduled to air in January next year, glorifies the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) and has called for the cancellation of its broadcast plans. In response, Tak Hyunmin, the Blue House Protocol Secretary, criticized, saying, "The opposition party is prejudging a drama that hasn't even aired yet and is arbitrarily interpreting it to demand that it not be broadcast."

On the 29th, Secretary Tak wrote on his Facebook, "Which is a violation of the Broadcasting Act: the opposition party that demands not to air a drama that hasn't even been broadcast yet based on arbitrary interpretation, or the broadcast of the president's speech, which was aired after explaining the director's intent and consulting with the relay technology team?"

Secretary Tak's remarks are interpreted as criticism of the People Power Party's filing of a complaint against him for violating the Broadcasting Act on the 28th and their call on the 24th to cancel the airing of JTBC's drama 'Undercover.'

Earlier, the People Power Party's Media Special Committee issued a statement announcing their intention to file a complaint against Secretary Tak with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. They explained the reason for the complaint as "Secretary Tak instructed KBS on production policies during the live broadcast of President Moon Jae-in's '2050 Carbon Neutral Vision Declaration' on the 10th."

They added, "Such actions undermine the fundamental purpose of the Broadcasting Act, which treats fairness and independence as core values," and pointed out, "They may also constitute a crime of regulating or interfering with broadcasting programming under Article 105, Paragraph 1 of the Broadcasting Act."

The People Power Party has also criticized the JTBC drama 'Undercover' scheduled to air.

On the 24th, members of the People Power Party from the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting and Communications Committee issued a statement saying, "JTBC, the number one pro-government broadcaster, must immediately withdraw the drama that glorifies the CIO," and claimed, "Planning a drama that glorifies the CIO chief, who this government promotes as a symbol of 'prosecutorial reform,' is tantamount to declaring itself the 'mouthpiece of the regime.'"

Meanwhile, JTBC's 'Undercover' is a remake of the original drama aired by the British BBC, depicting the story of a long-hidden intelligence agent and a female human rights lawyer who becomes the first 'CIO chief.'

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