Lee Jae-myung: "Malicious Distortion and Election Interference, Media Must Be Held Accountable for Serious Crimes"

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] Lee Jae-myung, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, posted on Facebook on the 23rd with the title "The media's serious crime of interfering in elections through malicious distortion must be held accountable." He targeted the Chosun Ilbo, defining the allegations regarding the Daejang-dong scandal as "malicious distortion" and a "serious crime of election interference."

Governor Lee stated, "Fake news intended to disadvantage a specific candidate constitutes false information disclosure, candidate defamation, election interference, and damage to reputation, as well as acts that destroy the constitutional order," adding, "A society where no one can gain by breaking the law, and no one suffers by abiding by it, where no person, region, or sector is treated unfairly, is a fair and just society."

He further criticized, "Malicious media not only praised Jeon Du-hwan and blamed the innocent victims of the May 18 Gwangju Uprising as rioters, causing secondary harm, but also deceived the good citizens with fake news, turning them into mental zombies who defend mass murderers. Their crime is greater than that of mass murderers."

He continued, "This is why strong punitive damages, in addition to criminal punishment, are absolutely necessary for intentional and malicious false reporting," emphasizing, "The systematic and deliberate false and fabricated reports by Chosun Ilbo affiliates are serious crimes that abuse the privileges granted by the people and the constitution to protect democracy, thereby destroying the constitution and democracy."

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