Hong Jun-pyo's Side: "Yoon, Who Promised to Disclose Kim Gun-hee's Account, Should Promptly Reveal Transaction Details"

"Growing Anxiety Among Citizens and Party Members... Reveal Kim Geon-hee's Account"

People Power Party presidential candidate Hong Joon-pyo (left) and Yoon Seok-youl, a presidential primary candidate, are posing before the '1-on-1 Debate' held on the evening of the 15th at the MBC building in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyun-joo] The campaign team of Hong Joon-pyo, the presidential candidate from the People Power Party, urged Yoon Seok-yeol, a presidential pre-candidate, to immediately disclose the transaction details of his wife Kim Gun-hee's securities account.

Earlier, on the 15th, during a "one-on-one debate," when Hong mentioned suspicions of stock price manipulation involving Kim Gun-hee and Deutsche Motors, Yoon responded by saying, "I will disclose the account."

In this regard, on the 17th, Yeomyeong, spokesperson for Hong’s campaign, issued a statement saying, "Candidate Yoon Seok-yeol has still not disclosed the transaction details of Kim’s account," and added, "We hope that Yoon’s promise to the public to disclose the account himself is not a lie, and we urge him to promptly reveal the transaction details of Kim Gun-hee’s account."

Spokesperson Yeomyeong said, "Candidate Yoon should no longer raise his voice and show inappropriate behavior by calling the moral verification of other primary candidates internal backbiting. Instead, he should recognize the anxious gaze of the public watching him and clearly explain the substance of the suspicions without any doubt."

He explained, "Many citizens feel great suspicion and anxiety about whether Kim formed her assets through illegal methods such as stock price manipulation and use of undisclosed insider information, whether such acts continued even after her marriage to Candidate Yoon, why the prosecution has not properly investigated these suspicions, and whether there is a possibility that Kim might be indicted for conspiracy as related suspects have recently begun to be arrested."

He continued, "It is known that Candidate Yoon privately said about his mother-in-law, 'She has never caused even a single 10-won loss to anyone.' However, that mother-in-law was convicted of fraud and was imprisoned. The anxiety among the public and party members is growing as the lawsuit to cancel the disciplinary action against the Prosecutor General, which Yoon called 'clearly an unfair disciplinary action,' ended with a ruling stating that 'serious misconduct justifying dismissal was recognized.'"

Spokesperson Yeomyeong emphasized, "The suspicion of Kim’s stock price manipulation is not merely a matter of the moral character of Candidate Yoon’s family but a grave issue that could damage the public trust in the entire party."

Finally, Yeomyeong stressed, "Anyone who wishes to run for president representing the party must be prepared to undergo unlimited scrutiny regarding their own and their family’s conduct, and the mutual moral verification among candidates during the party primary process is a rightful responsibility and duty assigned to the candidates."

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