Democratic Party Files Complaint Against People Power Party and Shin Namseong Solidarity Officials Over Alleged Comment Manipulation

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] On the 10th, the Democratic Party of Korea filed complaints against seven individuals from the People Power Party's presidential campaign headquarters and the men's group 'Shin Namseong Yeondae' on suspicion of conspiring and executing organized comment manipulation.

On the same day, the Democratic Party issued a press release stating that Yang Bu-nam, head of the People’s Verification Legal Support Team at the campaign headquarters, filed complaints with the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office against these individuals for violations of the prohibition on establishing illegal election campaign quasi-agencies and for obstructing business by damaging computers at portal sites.

The Democratic Party claimed, "The accused established Shin Namseong Yeondae to systematically support the election of People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol and set up a so-called comment squad team called the 'Media Purification Team,' thereby creating a quasi-agency of the campaign headquarters."

They added, "Members of Shin Namseong Yeondae were instructed to post comments on election articles," and "The Media Purification Team used the Discord messenger to issue specific work orders and relayed these instructions to other group chat rooms, maintaining an organized command structure."

The Democratic Party emphasized, "The Media Purification Team manipulated the number of comment recommendations on at least 22 articles around the first presidential candidate TV debate held on the 3rd."

In particular, regarding some of the accused, they stated that these individuals hold key positions related to publicity in the People Power Party’s presidential campaign headquarters and "since all of them participated in group chat rooms, there is a high possibility that they colluded with Shin Namseong Yeondae."

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