Yang Yi-won-young "Is it time to find a scapegoat now... I feel guilty toward my mother"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] Yang Yi-won-young, a member of the Democratic Party who was recommended for expulsion due to allegations of violating the Farmland Act, pushed back saying, "Is now the time to find a scapegoat?"

On the night of the 8th, Representative Yang posted on Facebook, "In today's statement, I concluded with 'I will cooperate transparently and sincerely with the investigation regarding the recent allegations of violating the Farmland Act to ensure no suspicions remain,'" but added, "However, since I am not the subject of the Farmland Act violation allegations, I cannot say that I will participate in the investigation."

She claimed that the land purchase was made by her mother and that it has already been declared that there is no charge. Representative Yang said, "I did not purchase that land, and it was already confirmed during the police investigation that I was not involved in my mother's land purchase," adding, "The party leadership's demand to prove innocence and be reinstated does not apply in my case."

She also lamented, "If by any chance my mother violated the Farmland Act, then what should I do? Should I be punished by association?"

She further emphasized that her mother is a victim of a planned real estate scam. Representative Yang said, "She has never owned a house in her life and, to avoid causing harm to her children in her old age, she took out credit card loans and insurance loans to buy small shares of land. Even now, she is repaying the loan debt including high-interest rates," adding, "She said she was never informed about farmland acquisition qualifications when the planned real estate introduced the farmland purchase."

She continued, "Even if you combine more than 10 land shares, the total is around 300 million won. These troublesome lands are listed at one-quarter to one-tenth of the official land price, yet no one contacts her. How many elderly people have been scammed by planned real estate like this?"

Representative Yang concluded, "Is now the time to find a scapegoat? Shouldn't we be preparing measures to prevent more citizens from being scammed like this?" She added, "I feel guilty that my mother, who lives alone and struggles so hard, is misunderstood, and that my environmental activism is seen as a crime as if I were doing something great for the country. I am sorry that my mother's honor has been so damaged because her daughter became a politician."

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