Announcement of 'Kim Gun-hee Recording' Release... Kim Jae-won Calls It "A More Vile Political Conspiracy Than Illegal Filming"

Kim Geon-hee's '7-Hour Recording' Scheduled for Release
Kim Jae-won: "Malicious Political Plot to Defame Kim Geon-hee"
People Power Party Files Injunction Against Broadcaster Over Recording

Kim Jae-won, a Supreme Council member of the People Power Party, claimed that the '7-hour phone call recording' of Kim Gun-hee, the spouse of presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, is a political conspiracy.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyun-joo] Kim Jae-won, Supreme Council Member of the People Power Party, strongly criticized the '7-hour phone call recording' of Kim Geon-hee, spouse of presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, calling it "a malicious and very low-level political conspiracy carried out to slander Ms. Kim."

In an interview on the 13th with CBS Radio's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show,' Supreme Council Member Kim said, "A journalist from a YouTube media outlet called 'Seoul's Voice' approached Ms. Kim, offering to help with a lawsuit she was involved in," adding, "Ms. Kim started talking comfortably, and ended up having about 20 conversations. If this person was truly a journalist, wouldn't they have written an article then? Isn't this essentially selling her out?"

Supreme Council Member Kim continued, "I don't know if money was exchanged, but if they were a journalist, they should have just written an interview article. Instead, they handed it over to a third party, who then had a more influential media outlet report it," and argued, "This should be seen as a malicious and very low-level political conspiracy carried out with ill intent to slander Ms. Kim."

He further emphasized, "News requires timeliness. But last year, they secretly recorded about 20 conversations, didn't they?" and added, "For example, what is the difference if a man and woman secretly film a video together and hand it over to a third party, who then distributes it for commercial purposes?"

Regarding the injunction lawsuit, he responded, "It is only natural." Supreme Council Member Kim said, "More importantly, MBC must disclose how they obtained this recording. For instance, whether they bought it with money, received it through internal connections, or if there is an internal movement to attack candidate Yoon ? we cannot help but be suspicious of everything."

Meanwhile, on the 12th, OhmyNews reported that Ms. Kim had been on calls with a journalist from a certain media outlet for six months, and that a 7-hour-long call transcript would be revealed by a broadcasting station. This broadcast is known to be MBC's current affairs program 'Straight.'

In response, the People Power Party filed a request for a broadcast injunction against MBC. On the 13th, Lee Yang-soo, chief spokesperson of the campaign headquarters, announced, "We are filing a broadcast injunction request this morning against a broadcasting station preparing to air files secretly recorded during private calls between Mr. A, who is in charge of filming at the YouTube channel 'Seoul's Voice,' and Representative Kim Geon-hee."

Chief Spokesperson Lee stated, "If private conversations can be secretly recorded at any time and the broadcasting station that obtains them can edit and broadcast them, no one will be able to have comfortable conversations with friends or acquaintances," and argued, "If the public broadcaster MBC obtains illegally recorded private conversation files and edits and distorts them to air at a time that could influence the election, that itself constitutes 'election interference.'"

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