Police Transfer Hwang Hee-seok to Prosecutors on Charges of Defaming Han Dong-hoon

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] Hwang Heeseok, former Supreme Council Member of the Open Democratic Party, who was sued for defamation after claiming that Minister of Justice Han Donghoon accessed the account of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation, has been handed over to the prosecution.

On the 23rd, the Gangdong Police Station in Seoul announced that Hwang was sent to the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office without detention on the 11th on charges of defamation by spreading false information.

Last November, Hwang appeared on the TBS YouTube channel program "Yujeong Dabang in front of the National Assembly" and stated, "In September to October 2019, I tracked the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation account and opened all transaction details," adding, "During that process, I shared information with a Channel A reporter to catch former Roh Moo-hyun Foundation Chairman Yoo Si-min through SillaJen, which is so-called collusion between prosecution and media."

In response, Minister Han filed a police complaint against Hwang in December last year for spreading false information. At the time, Han, who was the head of the Anti-Corruption and Strong Crime Division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in 2019, claimed that he never tracked the accounts of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation or former Chairman Yoo.

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