Former Board of Audit and Inspection Chairman Choi Jae-hyung, a preliminary presidential candidate of the People Power Party, is holding a solo protest on the 10th in front of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, opposing the amendment to the Act on Arbitration and Remedies for Media Disputes (Media Arbitration Act) that includes the application of punitive damages for false and manipulated reports. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

Former Board of Audit and Inspection Chairman Choi Jae-hyung, a preliminary presidential candidate of the People Power Party, is holding a solo protest on the 10th in front of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, opposing the amendment to the Act on Arbitration and Remedies for Media Disputes (Media Arbitration Act) that includes the application of punitive damages for false and manipulated reports. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

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Former Board of Audit and Inspection Chairman Choi Jae-hyung, a preliminary presidential candidate of the People Power Party, is talking with Heo Seong-gwon, chairman of the KBS Labor Union, who is participating in a solo relay protest against the amendment to the Act on the Mediation and Relief of Damage in the Press, which includes the application of punitive damages for false and manipulated reports, in front of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 10th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

Former Board of Audit and Inspection Chairman Choi Jae-hyung, a preliminary presidential candidate of the People Power Party, is talking with Heo Seong-gwon, chairman of the KBS Labor Union, who is participating in a solo relay protest against the amendment to the Act on the Mediation and Relief of Damage in the Press, which includes the application of punitive damages for false and manipulated reports, in front of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 10th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

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Former Board of Audit and Inspection Chairman Choi Jae-hyung, a preliminary presidential candidate of the People Power Party, is answering reporters' questions after visiting the relay protest site against the amendment to the Act on Arbitration and Remedies for Media Disputes (Media Arbitration Act), which includes the application of punitive damages for false and fabricated reports, in front of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 10th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

Former Board of Audit and Inspection Chairman Choi Jae-hyung, a preliminary presidential candidate of the People Power Party, is answering reporters' questions after visiting the relay protest site against the amendment to the Act on Arbitration and Remedies for Media Disputes (Media Arbitration Act), which includes the application of punitive damages for false and fabricated reports, in front of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 10th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Dong-joo] Choi Jae-hyung, former head of the Board of Audit and Inspection and a presidential pre-candidate of the People Power Party, visited the relay protest site against the amendment of the Act on the Mediation and Relief of Damage in the Press (Press Arbitration Act) in front of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 10th.


At the site, former head Choi said, "The Democratic Party's amendment to the Press Arbitration Act, which includes a punitive damages system against media companies, is nothing but a law to shackle the press."



Meanwhile, former head Choi Jae-hyung is under investigation for possible violation of election laws related to his speech appealing for support while holding a microphone during his visit to Seomun Market in Daegu on the 6th.


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