The United Future Party's Election Committee, 'Daejang-dong Lee's Directive' Report "Editing Influencing Election"... Filed Complaints to the Korea Communications Standards Commission and the National Election Commission

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] The Democratic Party's Election Countermeasures Committee announced on the 11th that some media reports related to the court testimony of Kim Man-bae, the major shareholder of Hwacheon Daeyu Asset Management and a key figure in the Daejang-dong scandal, have been edited in a way that could influence the election, and they plan to file complaints with the Press Arbitration Commission and the Election Commission.

On the morning of the same day, Kwon Hyuk-gi, the deputy head of the party's public relations team, held a briefing at the party office and said, "'Lee Jae-myung's instruction' and other keywords were selected as headlines, and our side's rebuttals were not reflected in the article titles with the same size and weight."

Deputy Head Kwon stated, "We judged this morning that the article editing direction would have a significant impact on the election," and added, "We request voluntary corrections even now."

Earlier, Kim's legal counsel argued at the first trial of the Daejang-dong case held the previous day that "the seven so-called toxic clauses in the Daejang-dong project bidding guidelines were in accordance with the policies instructed by then Seongnam Mayor Lee Jae-myung for a stable project."

In response, the Democratic Party's election public relations team issued a statement saying, "The expression 'Lee Jae-myung's instruction' is incorrect, and it is more accurate to describe it as the 'official policy of Seongnam City.'" They also stated, "The so-called 'seven toxic clauses' claimed by the prosecution are not provisions that benefit private businesses but clauses for the local government to recover development profits," adding, "They are not 'toxic clauses' but 'profit recovery clauses.'"

They further said, "Articles quoting the prosecution's expression of 'toxic clauses' and Kim's counsel's use of expressions such as 'Lee Jae-myung's instruction' are factually incorrect and reports that influence the presidential election," and requested "corrections based on factual accuracy."

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