Lee Jun-seok "Disciplinary action started for 'Yangduguyuk' usage?"... Immediate backlash against Ethics Committee decision

“Iyanghee Dedicates UN Human Rights Norm Article 19”
‘Everyone Has the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression’ Provision

Former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok is expressing his position as he attends the hearing for the injunction to suspend the effect of the People Power Party's party rules held at the Seoul Southern District Court in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul on the 14th. Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers Group

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Hyun-ji] Former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok immediately reacted with opposition on the 18th, mentioning 'freedom of expression,' after news broke that the party's Ethics Committee would initiate additional disciplinary procedures against him.

Right after the Ethics Committee announced the results of their meeting that day, Lee wrote on his Facebook, "They say they are initiating disciplinary procedures because I used the expression 'yangdu-guyuk'." He then shared the original text and translation of Article 19 of the UN Human Rights Norms, dedicating it to Chairperson Lee Yang-hee, who has devoted her life to human rights activities at the UN.

The Article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which Lee mentioned, states that "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. This right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." It appears he criticized the Ethics Committee for citing his expression as the reason for initiating disciplinary procedures.

In a recent press conference, Lee used expressions such as 'dog meat,' 'yangdu-guyuk,' and 'new military regime' to criticize President Yoon Suk-yeol.

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