Choo Mi-ae: "Political Manipulation? I Will Reveal My Phone Password, So Yoon and Kim Woong Should Submit Theirs Too"

Former Minister of Justice and Democratic Party presidential candidate Choo Mi-ae is presenting the vision for Daegu and Gyeongbuk at the Daegu City Council last July. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Juhee] On the 7th, former Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae demanded, regarding the claim by former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol's side that there is a "possibility of a political plot by the Chu Mi-ae faction" related to the 'accusation solicitation' suspicion, "I will disclose the password to my cellphone so you can search my Telegram, so Yoon Seok-yeol, Kim Geon-hee, Han Dong-hoon, Son Joon-sung, and Kim Woong should also submit their cellphones together."

In a post on Facebook that day, former Minister Chu said, "If I falsely confess to having conducted a political plot one and a half years ago, there would need to be corroborating evidence for such a confession."

Earlier, the internet media 'Newsbus,' which raised suspicions that former Prosecutor General Yoon solicited accusations against opposition party members on behalf of pro-government figures in April last year while serving as Prosecutor General, additionally reported on the 3rd, based on statements by Prosecutor Lee Jung-hyun, suspicions that Yoon ordered the Office of Investigation Information Policy to be in charge of collecting information on his family.

In response, Kim Byung-min, spokesperson for Yoon Seok-yeol's campaign, released a statement on the 4th, saying, "At most, there was testimony from a senior official at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office at the time that it 'seems to have been fabricated,' and this senior official is Lee Jung-hyun. Lee Jung-hyun was a key aide to then Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae, who schemed all sorts of conspiracies to bring down former Prosecutor General Yoon," asserting that this suspicion is a "political plot by the Chu Mi-ae faction."

Former Minister Chu then rebutted, saying, "Yoon Seok-yeol calls it a political plot while pointing to the nonexistent 'Chu Mi-ae faction' as the subject of the plot. This is merely a ploy to escape crisis by creating a 'second Chu-Yoon conflict,'" and added, "Candidate Yoon Seok-yeol should no longer be the ultimate shameless person."

She further stated, "I have no motive to step forward to protect the honor of Yoon Seok-yeol, Kim Geon-hee, or Han Dong-hoon out of concern for defamation. I have no personal relationship or friendship with Son Joon-sung to conspire with him," dismissing the conspiracy theory.

Former Minister Chu also explained about Prosecutor Son, "He is the son-in-law of former lawmaker Kim Kwang-rim, and Yoon insisted on keeping him by his side even after his demotion from the position of head of the Office of Investigation Information Policy, so he was placed in that position."

She continued, "The great mistake of Yoon Seok-yeol and his group, who believed in perfect evidence destruction, was due to 'digital technology,'" and said, "Those who commit crimes cannot sleep soundly."

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