Park Hyung-jun, Prosecution Yields to 'Indictment Solicitation'... On Facebook, "NIS and Democratic Party Urged to File Complaints"

Part of the post by Park Hyung-jun, Mayor of Busan, on Facebook on the 6th.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] "It's truly a pitiful situation... Seeing this forced indictment, I feel more courage than fear."

On the afternoon of the 6th, Busan Mayor Park Hyung-jun expressed these feelings on Facebook regarding the prosecution's indictment of him on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act.

Mayor Park said, "The prosecution ultimately could not overcome the persistent political pressure forcibly imposed through the collaboration of the National Intelligence Service and the Democratic Party."

He also claimed it was a "political indictment," stating, "Even after the election ended, the National Intelligence Service replaced the inspection chief with a loyalist and thoroughly searched the NIS materials, making the Democratic Party leader file the complaint directly." In other words, he accused the NIS of orchestrating the Democratic Party's 'indictment request.'

"If you look at the indictment details, there is no fact that I directly ordered illegal surveillance. There is only an assumption that I might have known about the creation process of the NIS's Four Major Rivers information report," he criticized the prosecution's indictment.

Mayor Park concluded, "No one in the Blue House directly ordered or reported to me. The facts are incorrect, and the legal reasoning is flawed. I feel more courage than fear... I will confidently move forward, focusing only on Busan's future."

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