Minju Condemns Prosecutor's Summons of Lee Jae-myung as "Yoon Seok-yeol's Prosecutorial Republic Political Retaliation"

"Ignoring Clear Evidence, Conducting Investigation According to Script"
Indicates Strong Response to Political Oppression and More

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, received a text message from Kim Hyun-ji, his aide (former secretary at Gyeonggi Provincial Government), during the opening ceremony of the regular National Assembly session held on the 1st at the National Assembly. The message read, "A summons for the lawmaker has just arrived regarding the false statement about Baekhyeon-dong, the false statement related to Daejang-dong development, and the statement about not knowing Kim Moon-gi (who was under investigation related to the Daejang-dong suspicion and served as the head of Development Division 1 at Seongnam Urban Development Corporation). This is a war." / Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] The Democratic Party of Korea on the 1st strongly condemned the prosecution's summons to party leader Lee Jae-myung as "political retaliation by Yoon Seok-yeol's prosecution republic."

Park Sung-joon, spokesperson for the Democratic Party, held a press conference at the National Assembly on the 1st and said, "The prosecution has issued a summons to Leader Lee for a ridiculous reason. Despite the fact that verification has proven the claims of the investigative agency to be false, they are carrying out a 'blind summons'."

He added, "A testimony from a reporter who covered the Baekhyeon-dong Food Research Institute and other public enterprise relocation sites during the Park Geun-hye administration revealed that 'there were even talks that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport pressured Seongnam city officials by saying that if the central government’s orders were not followed, it would constitute dereliction of duty,' confirming the truth of Leader Lee’s remarks."

He continued, "There is overwhelming clear evidence that the Saenuri Party in the Seongnam City Council at the time blocked the Daejang-dong public development as a party line, proving the authenticity of Leader Lee’s statements. Is the prosecution deliberately ignoring clear evidence and conducting investigations according to a fabricated script?" he questioned.

He also asked, "Regarding the late Kim Moon-gi, former director of the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation who died during the investigation, Leader Lee’s broadcast interview stating that he 'was not aware that Kim was a subordinate employee of an affiliated institution while working at Seongnam City'?is this a serious falsehood warranting a summons? If the prosecution truly serves the people, they should not nitpick but reflect on whether they have abused their authority through excessive investigation," he pointed out.

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Spokesperson Park emphasized, "This summons demand is utterly unacceptable. While cases related to First Lady Kim Geon-hee and complaints against People Power Party lawmakers have been dismissed one after another, it is absurd to say that the political remarks of the opposition party leader will be subjected to judicial judgment."

He added, "The Democratic Party of Korea will not back down against political retaliation against the presidential candidate who competed with President Yoon and the leader of the main opposition party, nor against political oppression aimed at dismantling the opposition. The Democratic Party will strongly fight back against the political retaliation of Yoon Seok-yeol’s prosecution republic that seeks to undermine democracy," he said.

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