[2022 National Audit] Yoo Byung-ho, "'Another clarification will be issued today' means 'another false report'"

Kim Eui-gyeom: "'The subject of 'again' is not 'clarification document' but 'false report'... The second 'Biden vs Nalimyeon'"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Joo-yeon] Yoo Byung-ho, Secretary General of the Board of Audit and Inspection, stated that the phrase 'today again' in the text messages exchanged with Lee Kwan-seop, Senior Secretary for National Planning at the Presidential Office, refers to the 'false reports' that appeared consecutively over two days.

On the afternoon of the 11th, during the Board of Audit and Inspection's National Assembly inspection by the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, Yoo responded to a question from Kim Eui-gyeom, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, asking, "'The phrase 'again' means that false reports were repeated, right?'"

Photo by National Assembly Judiciary Committee Live Broadcast, MBC YouTube Screen

Yoo said, "False information appeared in the newspapers for two consecutive days. Following the editorial of another newspaper the previous day, I saw the problematic newspaper report while leaving work that day. So I said this is clearly false information."

When Representative Kim asked, "In your earlier response, you said '(The text message content) refers to the previous day's report being false. Since it appeared consecutively over two days, the phrase 'again' was used.' The phrase 'again' implies something repeated. Are you saying that false reports were repeated?" Yoo replied, "Yes." Then Representative Kim confirmed again, "So according to you, the subject of 'again' is 'false reports'?" and Yoo said, "Yes."

Then Representative Kim shared the text message content again, saying, "'Today again, a proper clarification statement will be released,' and asked, "Does that mean 'since false reports came out again today, the Board of Audit's clarification statement will be properly released'?"

Yoo said, "Yes, it came out yesterday and again today," and Representative Kim asked, "In that sentence, is the subject of 'again' the clarification statement or the false reports?" He then criticized, "Interpreting the subject of 'again' like this is like a second 'Biden, if you delete it' incident."

When asked whether Yoo had reported to the Senior Secretary about the false reports that appeared the previous day, Yoo answered, "There was nothing to report."

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