Yoon Seok-yeol: "Hong's Death Penalty Remarks Are Duterte-Style" Hong Joon-pyo: "Yoon Is Duterte's Henchman"

Hong Joon-pyo "President Moon is Duterte"

Former Prosecutor General and People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol is visiting the Korea Senior Citizens Association in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 1st, having a conversation with Chairman Kim Ho-il.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Yoon Seok-yeol, former Prosecutor General and presidential candidate of the People Power Party, and Assemblyman Hong Joon-pyo clashed over the 'Duterte' controversy. Duterte refers to Rodrigo Duterte, the President of the Philippines, who declared a war on drugs and crime and planned to reinstate the death penalty.

On the 1st, after visiting the Korea Senior Citizens Association, former Prosecutor General Yoon told reporters that regarding Assemblyman Hong's statement, "I will execute infant rapists and murderers," "Strong punishment for heinous criminals is something all citizens desire, and our legal system is designed accordingly. However, it is somewhat like the Duterte style for the head of the executive branch, the president, to mention judicial enforcement related to criminal punishment."

In response, Assemblyman Hong posted on his Facebook on the same day, "When President Moon Jae-in ordered the investigation of deep-rooted evils, the then Central District Prosecutor General, who rapidly rose in rank as a reward, indiscriminately investigated about 1,000 people from our camp, detained 200, and caused 5 suicides. This person is now instructing the Minister of Justice to carry out the execution of a confirmed heinous criminal death row inmate according to the Criminal Procedure Act. Comparing me to Duterte out of the blue is an absurd statement that is completely off the mark."

Assemblyman Hong continued, "Rather, President Moon gave investigation orders like Duterte, and you stood at the forefront of carrying them out. Comparing me to Duterte is a misfire. President Moon is Duterte, and you are Duterte's henchman."

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