Joseong Eun to Yoon, who demanded 'travel ban': "You must be really desperate, cooperate with the investigation to save even your party"

"'Uri' Director's Expression Is a Long-Standing Habit"
Regarding Allegations of Attending 'Hong Joon-pyo Camp Personnel' Meeting: "They Are Linking It Because Hong's Approval Rating Is Rising"

Whistleblower Jo Seong-eun of the People's Party Emergency Response Committee regarding the 'accusation manipulation' suspicion. / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Joo-hee] On the 14th, whistleblower Jo Seong-eun, involved in the 'Yoon Seok-yeol prosecution accusation scandal,' said to Yoon Seok-yeol's campaign, "Don't use ridiculous measures like (emergency travel bans) here, and cooperate in revealing the facts of the case and clarify that it has nothing to do with the party so that the party can be saved quickly."

Jo appeared on CBS Radio's 'One Match' on the same day and commented on Yoon Seok-yeol's campaign's request for an emergency travel ban against her, saying, "I see they are really doing their best, they must be really desperate."

Regarding the opposition's allegations of collusion between her and Park Ji-won, the Director of the National Intelligence Service, Jo said, "In fact, there was no room for (Director Park) to be involved from the beginning, so why do they keep connecting us?" She emphasized, "The Director of the National Intelligence Service could be in trouble just by knowing such news, and since he is also acquainted with former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, he is not the person to discuss such matters with from the start."

She continued, "What is not true will eventually be proven false," and pointed out, "I think it is Director Park, rather than Jo Seong-eun, who is needed in the current political situation."

Jo also addressed the collusion allegations that arose after her statement in an interview with SBS on the 2nd, saying, "(The date September 2, when News Bus first reported the allegations) was not a date that our (Director Park) or I wanted, considered, or discussed," and explained, "It's a habit of mine to say 'our.' I didn't feel anything strange at the interview site. (If it had been strange,) the anchor would have asked, 'What do you mean by that answer just now?'"

Regarding rumors that Park Ji-won met with Lee Pil-hyung, the head of the organization at Hong Joon-pyo's People Power Party camp, on the 11th of last month, Jo dismissed them, saying, "Director Park respects Representative Hong, but they are not that close. So if he doesn't meet him, why would he meet his aide?"

She added, "Rather, (Director Park) probably met former Prosecutor General Yoon more often than Representative Hong," and emphasized, "Now Yoon Seok-yeol's camp is trying to link this because Hong Joon-pyo's approval rating is rising, but that's nonsense."

Jo also responded to claims from some quarters calling this incident a 'political operation' or 'Park Ji-won gate,' saying, "This is a clear illegal act because a sitting prosecutor wrote and delivered an accusation during the election period in their capacity as a prosecutor," and argued, "And to say 'Why call it an operation or a gate? Why reveal it now?' about a crime that has already ended is very much missing the point."

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