Kim Ki-hyun "MB Information Illegal Surveillance Controversy... Second Ulsan Mayor Election Manipulation"

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Kim Ki-hyun, a member of the People Power Party, described the controversy over illegal surveillance during the Lee Myung-bak (MB) administration as an "election manipulation" aimed at interfering in the Busan mayoral election.

Kim Ki-hyun, a member of the People Power Party, is holding a press conference on the 7th at the National Assembly Communication Office to propose an amendment to the 'Prosecutor Disciplinary Act' to prevent Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae's reckless actions. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

On the 23rd, in a radio interview on YTN Radio's 'Hwang Bo-seon's Start of a New Morning,' Rep. Kim said, "They are talking about whether or not there was surveillance 12 years ago during the MB administration, which no one even knows if it happened, and now they are saying that materials related to it should be disclosed. This is a clear election interference," adding, "The intention to interfere in the Busan mayoral election is clearly visible."

He explained that the demand for an investigation into illegal surveillance by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) during the Lee Myung-bak government, centered around the National Assembly Intelligence Committee, is actually a plot targeting Park Hyung-joon, the People Power Party's preliminary candidate for Busan mayor, who served as the chief political secretary at the Blue House during the MB administration.

Rep. Kim said, "It reminds me once again of the nightmare of the election manipulation in the Ulsan mayoral election," and added, "I judge that the season 2 of election manipulation using government power has begun."

Through social media (SNS), Rep. Kim also stated, "The ghost of illegal election manipulation using government power is being revived," and "It feels like a d?j? vu of the illegal election manipulation case of the Ulsan mayoral election carried out by the Moon Jae-in administration three years ago."

He criticized, "This blatantly violates the 'prohibition of political intervention by the NIS' stipulated in the National Intelligence Service Act. High-ranking NIS officials are openly leaking information to the media, and as if waiting for this moment, the Democratic Party is fabricating an 'illegal surveillance frame' to rob the votes of Busan citizens," adding, "The Blue House and the ruling party, who profited greatly from the Ulsan mayoral election manipulation, are conducting a petty political plot against Busan citizens again, based on their confidence from controlling the prosecution and judiciary."

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