About 90 Daejangdong Citizens and Youth Hold Rally Today Demanding Special Prosecutor for Daejangdong Case

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] About 90 Seongnam citizens and young people gathered in front of Seoul City Hall on the 6th to raise their voices demanding a special prosecutor investigation into the Daejang-dong development preferential treatment and lobbying allegations.

Six youth organizations, including Acting Free Citizens and Future Alternative Action, announced that they will hold a candlelight rally urging a special prosecutor investigation condemning the prosecution in front of Seoul City Hall at 5 p.m. on the same day. These groups also held candlelight rallies on the 24th and 30th of last month.

The rally will be attended by about 90 people, including residents affected by the Daejang-dong development and 20-something youth belonging to youth organizations such as Youth Forum Start, Fairness and Common Sense, National Student Protection Alliance, and Tinet.

The participants plan to point out that the prosecution is not properly investigating Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate suspected of being at the top of the Daejang-dong allegations, and will urge a special prosecutor investigation into the candidate.

Park So-young, the standing representative of Acting Free Citizens, said in a press release distributed in advance, "If the ruling party's presidential candidate is directly involved in the allegations, they should accept a special prosecutor investigation themselves and clarify the matter transparently. The forces that claim to be a democratic government are only engaging in unfair practices, so young people have started to raise their voices." She added, "If the Daejang-dong gate is buried without a special prosecutor investigation, our country will be plagued by corruption and head toward ruin."

Meanwhile, Acting Free Citizens held a press conference in front of the National Assembly on the 7th of last month demanding that candidate Lee accept a special prosecutor investigation. On the 18th, they filed a complaint with the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) against prosecutors who conducted a sloppy investigation into the Daejang-dong allegations. On the 20th, they also held an emergency press conference with Daejang-dong residents in front of the Gyeonggi Province National Assembly audit venue attended by candidate Lee.

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