Open Democratic Party calls Choi Kang-wook's third indictment "persistent stalking by prosecution"... Choi Kang-wook says "Were they not confident?"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Juyun] The Open Democratic Party criticized the prosecution's indictment of Representative Choi Kang-wook on charges of spreading false information related to the so-called 'Channel A incident' as "persistent stalking."

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On the 27th, Kim Seong-hoe, spokesperson for the Open Democratic Party, issued a statement saying, "Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol's prosecution has indicted Open Democratic Party Representative Choi Kang-wook for the third time," and raised his voice, "Stop the prosecution's persistent stalking of Representative Choi Kang-wook."

Spokesperson Kim pointed out, "The first indictment was carried out abruptly 30 minutes before the announcement of the prosecution personnel, without even requesting the suspect's appearance while he was serving as the Secretary for Public Office Discipline. The second indictment was also abruptly made on the night of the statute of limitations for election law offenses, and the third indictment was abruptly made the day before the verdict on the first indictment," adding, "There was not a single request for appearance or face-to-face investigation of the person concerned, yet three rounds of rushed indictments were made."

Spokesperson Kim criticized, "The prosecution is mobilizing all its firepower to cover up the case without even opening the mobile phone of Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon, a close aide of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol. The case investigator, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong Jin-ung, has been indicted; Deputy Chief Han Dong-su, who conducted the inspection, is under investigation; and Representative Choi Kang-wook, who raised the issue, is being indicted. It is literally a rampant retaliatory investigation."

He added, "Although it should be regarded as a burden that the party, which raised the era's key issues of prosecutorial reform and media reform, must bear, I cannot help but feel devastated that the prosecution's inherent authority to indict has been reduced to a tool for protecting the organization."

Representative Choi responded with "It is absurd."

On the same day, he wrote on his Facebook, "Once again, I receive absurd news through the media," and added, "I was worried that they might play tricks again as they start to raise smoke, but they have finally done it. It seems they were not confident about tomorrow's trial verdict."

Representative Choi added, "I will consider it a task that a person who vowed to lead prosecutorial reform and media reform must bear, and I will respond well. I am confident."

He said, "Considering the indictment of Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong Jin-ung, the investigation of Inspection Chief Han Dong-su who conducted the inspection, the attempt to clear Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon of charges, and so on, what else could it be other than protecting the parties involved in the collusion between the prosecution and the media and retaliating against those who try to expose and reveal the crime?" He added, "I only hope this does not become a tool to grant impunity to criminals."

On the same day, the Criminal Division 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Byun Pil-geon) indicted Representative Choi without detention on charges of defamation under the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection.

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