Lee Jun-seok "Park Hyung-jun's house has a Tsushima view?... Park Young-sun's house has a Yasukuni Shrine view"

Shin Dong-geun, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, is speaking at the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee on the 16th. Photo by JTBC.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-ju] Former People Power Party Supreme Council member Lee Jun-seok pointed out on Facebook on the 17th that the ruling party's claim that Busan mayoral candidate Park Hyung-joon's house is a high-rise apartment with a view of Tsushima Island was questionable, asking, "Then does your candidate (Park Young-sun, the Democratic Party's Seoul mayoral candidate) have a view of the Japanese Imperial Palace from her house?"

The "your candidate's house" mentioned by former Supreme Council member Lee refers to an apartment in Tokyo, Japan, owned by Park Young-sun's spouse. Park Young-sun has explained that her spouse resides in that apartment.

Earlier, on the 16th, Democratic Party lawmaker Shin Dong-geun said at the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee, "Looking at candidate Park Hyung-joon, he owns a 75-pyeong apartment with a very good view extending to Tsushima Island, which was priced at 2.05 billion won at the time of sale, both above and below."

Former Supreme Council Member of the People Power Party, Lee Jun-seok. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Lawmaker Shin continued, "In fact, people who want to enter public office usually sell what they have. But this person deliberately bought this last year. Then he tries to get the nomination for Busan mayor and run," sarcastically remarked.

In response, former Supreme Council member Lee fired back regarding Park Young-sun's spouse's Tokyo apartment, saying, "Why own a house next to the Akasaka Imperial Villa?" adding, "If you go a little west, there is Meiji Shrine, and if you go a little north, there is Yasukuni Shrine," and asked, "Is it a view of Yasukuni Shrine? Let's not touch things that won't even pay off," countering the criticism.

Yasukuni Shrine is a place where those who died in wars are enshrined as gods and memorial services are held, but it has been continuously controversial for promoting militarism because it houses the memorial tablets of Class A war criminals from World War II.

Former Supreme Council member Lee added, "Do you consider the South Sea to be the waters in front of Tsushima Island? Then did President Roh Moo-hyun also live in the Namcheon Samik Beach apartment with a view of Tsushima Island?"

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