Choo Mi-ae: "No One Has Ever Called Kim Gun-hee a Nightlife Worker"… Protests Against Opposition's Accusation

Former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae (left) and Kim Keon-hee, wife of People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol. / Photo by National Assembly Press Corps, Yonhap News Agency

[Asia Economy Reporter Na Ye-eun] Former Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae emphasized that no one has ever said that Kim Gun-hee, wife of People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, is a worker at an entertainment establishment.

Earlier, on the 9th, the People Power Party filed a complaint with the prosecution against former Minister Chu for allegedly spreading false information regarding the so-called 'Julie allegations.'

On the 31st, former Minister Chu stated on YTN Radio's "Hwang Bo-seon's Start of a New Morning" regarding the complaint, "Do you think that would become a case?" She added, "Candidate Yoon himself excessively asks why I called his wife a 'worker at an entertainment establishment,' but no one has ever said such a thing."

She further asserted, "No one has publicly stated that (Kim) drank alcohol or went to an entertainment establishment."

She pointed out, "Rather, (Kim) used the Ramada Renaissance Hotel as a base to be introduced to prosecutors through Cho Nam-wook, chairman of Sambo Construction, and when personal lawsuits or accusations arose, she used 'backing' to get out, creating victims."

She continued, "She accumulated wealth through such fraudulent means, received various development favors, and these suspicions should be investigated."

Former Minister Chu added, "During (Candidate Yoon's) tenure as Prosecutor General, no investigations were conducted at all," and said, "I made these claims based on evidence because I directed investigations; it was not a baseless personal attack."

Regarding Yoon's harsh criticism of Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, she criticized, "He is showing in advance what happens when the prosecution party takes power. I think it is very dangerous."

She continued, "Did the centrist voters not see the double standards of fairness and common sense when they blindly believed Yoon's false claims of fairness and common sense, only to witness that some allegations regarding his wife's academic and career forgery and his in-laws' corruption crimes were dismissed due to the statute of limitations, resulting in some being cleared without indictment?" She added, "As his approval ratings dropped, he became desperate, revealing his true identity that had been hidden all along."

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