Democratic Party Files Complaint Against Opposition's Kim Jeongjae for Spreading False Claims of Forced Hospitalization of Elder Brother

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jin-young] On the 7th, the Democratic Party of Korea filed a complaint with the prosecution against Kim Jeong-jae, a member of the People Power Party, on charges of disseminating false information regarding the controversy over Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, allegedly forcibly hospitalizing his older brother in a psychiatric hospital.

The Democratic Party's Election Countermeasures Committee's National Verification Legal Support Group announced that they submitted the complaint containing these details to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on the same day.

In a press release, the Democratic Party stated, "The fact that Candidate Lee did not hospitalize his older brother in a psychiatric hospital has been revealed multiple times over several years in various elections," and explained the reason for the complaint by saying, "Mr. Kim's definitive statements without even minimal verification procedures maliciously disseminated false information about Candidate Lee."

They continued, "If Mr. Kim and the People Power Party are not stopped here, the false information will spread further, damaging Candidate Lee's reputation, as well as seriously undermining the credibility and objectivity of the presidential election, resulting in outcomes that significantly go against the public interest," urging the immediate summons of Mr. Kim and a swift investigation.

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