Gwak Sang-do: "Moon Jun-yong, Isn't He Enjoying the Attention... Never Leaked Meeting Minutes"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Choyoung] On the 29th, Kwon Sang-do, a member of the People Power Party, explained that he "only disclosed, not leaked" the minutes of the national funding review meeting for Moon Joon-yong, son of President Moon Jae-in, amid allegations that he leaked the documents.

In a post on his Facebook on the same day, Representative Kwon said, "I received funding-related materials from the Korea Arts & Culture Committee and others and disclosed them to the media."

The controversy over the leaked minutes arose from a dispute between Moon Joon-yong and Bae Hyun-jin, a Supreme Council member of the People Power Party, regarding 'special favors.' Earlier, when criticism arose that it was inappropriate for Moon to reveal his name during the funding review interview, he explained in a media interview, "I don't know what was wrong," adding, "According to the transcript, the staff first asked, 'Please introduce the participants.'"

In response, Supreme Council member Bae said, "The very act of boldly saying that you saw the transcript is a special favor," and launched an offensive, saying, "The identity and acquisition route of the confidential government document, the review-related transcript, must be revealed." Moon then countered, "The transcript mentioned here is the minutes," and "Representative Kwon has already leaked it to the media."

Kwak Sang-do, People Power Party member Photo by Yonhap News

In fact, Representative Kwon recently obtained and disclosed to Monthly Chosun the minutes containing Moon's remarks during the contest interview review and the review scoring sheets.

Representative Kwon explained, "Disclosure of materials by a member of the National Assembly is necessary for the people's right to know," adding, "Because it is necessary to verify how the president's son applied for government budget projects, what evaluations he received, and how he obtained budget support."

He also said, "This is not the first time I have been protested for disclosing information about the president's family and key figures of the Moon Jae-in administration," mentioning that in 2019, he disclosed that the younger brother of former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon violated an employment restriction order and was reported by a civic group but was cleared without charges.

Representative Kwon added, "Even if the mouths of opposition party members are gagged like this, I will not yield," and said, "Joon-yong is also receiving attention as a member of the president's family and enjoying it. I hope he thinks of this as part of the process of enjoying it."

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