The Democratic Party's Election Committee: "Lee Jae-myung's eldest son recently gambled... no prostitution involved"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] The Democratic Party announced on the 16th that contrary to the initial explanation that Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, had stopped internet gambling by July last year, it has been confirmed that his eldest son continued gambling online until recently.

However, regarding the reviews his eldest son posted about massage parlors, it was confirmed that he did write the posts but did not engage in prostitution.

On the same day, Kwon Hyuk-ki, Deputy Director of Public Relations for the Democratic Party's election campaign committee, told reporters at the central party office in Yeouido, Seoul, "It was reported that the eldest son played poker until July 2020, but after additional fact-checking, it appears he played poker until recently. On site A, he played until July 2020, and he also played poker on other sites," he said.

Earlier, it was reported through the media that Lee’s eldest son had written over 200 posts about illegal gambling experiences on site A, an online poker community with servers based in the United States, and posted more than 100 posts about buying and selling online poker money.

In response, both candidate Lee and his eldest son Dong-ho issued apologies acknowledging the related facts and bowed their heads in remorse.

Deputy Director Kwon said, "The candidate’s intention is to ensure his son takes proper responsibility for his mistakes, and he expressed that they are currently diligently screening to find out if there is anything else beyond what is already known. He indicated that the scope of his son’s responsibility, including the timing of gambling, is unlimited, and his son’s apology is a comprehensive apology for inappropriate posts including gambling," he said.

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