Lee Jae-myung to Lee Nak-yeon Camp's Yoon Young-chan: "Stop Spreading False Rumors, Issue an Official Apology"

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] Lee Jae-myung, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, has demanded an official apology from Congressman Yoon Young-chan of the Lee Nak-yeon camp. He claims that the attacks related to 'insider corruption' and 'free legal defense' are false and violate human decency.

On the 31st, Governor Lee posted on Facebook a message titled "An Absurd Story. To the Honorable Congressman Yoon Young-chan." He said, "It is absurd to find that the handle is missing when trying to turn a millstone," adding, "Congressman Yoon is repeatedly engaging in criminal acts and actions against human decency to attack me in this party primary."

He continued, "They fabricated and attacked me by claiming 'an insider of former Mayor Lee Jae-myung, Mr. Lee, committed corruption after the mayoral election, as an example of Lee Jae-myung's insider corruption,'" explaining, "During the Injo Complex project, competition among companies was fierce. Mr. Lee, a supporter of the Democratic Party who helped my 2010 mayoral election, requested a public official on behalf of Company A, but the responsible official ignored it and selected competing Company B."

He added, "Later, as Company B was investigated, Company A's lobbying was revealed, and Mr. Lee was fined for violating the Attorney Act by making a request even without receiving money."

"This issue is not something for which I should be criticized for insider corruption, but rather a model administration praised for preventing insider corruption," he rebutted.

Governor Lee stated, "Mr. Lee served as the campaign headquarters chief for Candidate Yoon in last year's general election and greatly contributed to his victory. Congressman Yoon, who must be aware of this, distorted and fabricated attacks linking me to Mr. Lee as an insider corruption criminal. This is a black propaganda crime (publishing false information to defeat a candidate) that fabricates my clean administration as insider corruption and is not even fair to Mr. Lee."

He went on, "He also accused me of receiving lawyer fees from MB, claiming my assets increased," pointing out, "According to my publicly disclosed asset declaration, my nominal assets were 130 million KRW before and after the trial, and my actual assets, excluding the increase in housing appraisal value, decreased by 300 million KRW. However, Congressman Yoon falsely claimed that my assets increased and that there is suspicion of tens or hundreds of millions of won in unpaid legal fees, reminiscent of MB's lawyer fee payments."

Governor Lee said, "There are boundaries in politics, especially in party primaries. False defamation is one of the three major serious election crimes," adding, "It is against human decency to repeatedly slander me, who helped my supporters in trouble and made full use of them in my election, for political gain."

He concluded, "Politics may be ruthless, but this was excessive in human, political, and legal terms. I expect sincere reflection based on objective facts and an official apology."

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