Choo Mi-ae Comparing Cho Kuk to 'Ahn Jung-geun': "If You Want to Bury Cho Kuk, Why Did You Come Out to the Candlelight Square?"

Former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae, a preliminary candidate in the Democratic Party presidential primary, is holding a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Hall on the 9th, urging the integration of the Democratic Party and the Open Democratic Party. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Seoyoung] Former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae, a presidential primary candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized the prosecution and judiciary by comparing former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk to An Jung-geun.

Today (15th), in an interview with Yonhap News, former Minister Choo commented on the recent appellate court sentencing of Cho Kuk's wife, Professor Jeong Gyeong-sim of Dongyang University, to four years in prison, saying, "This was done with the intention and calculation of forces resisting reform." She added, "An Jung-geun shot Ito Hirobumi and was tried by Japanese judges, becoming a terrorist and executed. Since it ended that way, it is the same as saying we should accept and cooperate with Japanese rule."

Former Minister Choo also emphasized, "If we say now to bury Cho Kuk, then why engage in politics or come out to the candlelight square?" and stated, "All of these are tasks that must be reformed." Regarding the parole of Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, she pointed out, "Minister of Justice Park Beom-gye is responsible," and criticized, "The Ministry of Justice lowered the standards in advance and prepared beforehand."

Meanwhile, on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of Liberation Day, former Minister Choo posted on her Facebook titled "76th Liberation Day, Where Should We Go?" She wrote, "The cartel of prosecution, media, politics, and police is the last remnant that was not purged after liberation," adding, "Their cartel is now too blatant," and "Next year's presidential election must be sublimated into a significant opportunity to bring a severe frost with reform and unity against their reckless provocations, and to open an era of great social reform in the name of 'Candlelight Again' and 'Peace Again.'"

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