Handonghun Files Police Complaint Against Reporter for 'Parent Chance' Coverage of Daughter

Hankyoreh Reporter and Others File Complaint with Seocho Police Station... Report on 'Laptop Sponsorship' Donation Specs

Minister of Justice nominee Han Dong-hoon is responding to reporters' questions as he enters the confirmation hearing office set up at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office on the 15th of last month. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Kyung-jun] Han Dong-hoon, the nominee for Minister of Justice, has filed a complaint with the police against reporters who alleged that his daughter used "parental privilege."

Han's confirmation hearing preparation team stated on the 4th, "The nominee filed a complaint today at Seocho Police Station against three Hankyoreh reporters and those responsible for the report on charges of defamation by false information in publications."

On the same morning, Hankyoreh reported suspicions that the nominee's daughter used her mother's connections to receive a laptop sponsorship from a company, building donation credentials for university admission. Subsequently, an overseas article that interviewed the nominee's daughter was deleted, and Hankyoreh also reported on this matter.

The preparation team said, "After the report, to prevent indiscriminate personal information digging, photo distribution, insults, and dissemination of false information about the minor eldest daughter of the nominee, we requested necessary measures from the related overseas blog."

Immediately after the report, the nominee stated, "The Hankyoreh report claiming that the donation was made in my daughter's name is not true," adding, "It is a distortion that unfairly frames normal volunteer activities."

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