The Democratic Party Files Criminal Complaint Against Distributor of Rumors About Candidate Lee Jae-myung's Wife's Fall Accident

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[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] On the 10th, the Democratic Party of Korea filed a complaint with the prosecution against two netizens for violating the Public Official Election Act by spreading false information related to the fall accident of Lee Jae-myung's presidential candidate's wife.

In the complaint, the Democratic Party stated, "The accused indiscriminately raised suspicions that the health condition of the candidate's spouse was caused by candidate Lee Jae-myung, causing public misunderstanding and controversy. Unless there is evidence to acknowledge the existence of the suspicion, they must be held responsible for spreading false information."

According to the Democratic Party, an unidentified accused A posted a message on a community site on the 9th saying, "If you need a CT scan, it means a blow stronger than a fist," and B posted maliciously distorted images of the candidate, including a photo of him holding a hammer, on an internet community.

The Democratic Party explained the reason for the complaint, saying, "If no action is taken against the accused who spread baseless false information, even if the matter is proven groundless, it will damage the credibility and objectivity of the 20th presidential election, mislead voters' choices, and cause serious consequences that significantly go against the public interest."

The party plans to take additional strong measures, including further complaints, against the spreading of false information based on reports received from the 'SNS Online Communication Team.' A Democratic Party official said, "We judged that the spreading of false information has gone too far, so we took party-level complaint measures."

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