Jo Eung-cheon "Democratic Party Search and Seizure, a Scheme to Focus on Political Funds and Presidential Election Funds"

"Prosecutors Take Only Items from Raids That Are Essentially Useless"

Democratic Party lawmaker Cho Eung-cheon attended the "Democratic Party Reflection and Innovation Continuous Forum" held at the National Assembly on the 26th and presented on the topic of "Reflection and Lessons from Five and a Half Years of Democratic Party Governance." Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] On the 10th, Cho Eung-cheon, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, evaluated the prosecution's search and seizure by saying, "This was a necessary scene to steer the investigation toward political funds or presidential election funds, targeting Yeouido, especially party offices and National Assembly offices."

Cho appeared on CBS Radio's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' on the same day and said, "I cannot shake off the thought that this was meant to embarrass."

The day before, the prosecution conducted a search and seizure of Jeong Jin-sang, chief political coordinator and a close aide to Lee Jae-myung, the party leader. The prosecution attempted to search Jeong's residence, the Democratic Party headquarters where his office is located, and the Democratic Party leader's secretariat office in the National Assembly.

Cho explained, "I don't know about other places, but regarding the search and seizure of the Democratic Party leader's political office located in the National Assembly main building, the Speaker of the National Assembly requested, 'Since this place has symbolic significance, please conduct a voluntary investigation rather than a search and seizure.' However, the result that followed was the execution of a warrant." He added, "The Democratic Party claims that the actual items seized were trivial things like scrap paper and internet search log records, which are meaningless. I cannot shake off the thought that this was meant to embarrass."

He pointed out, "If they intended to conduct a search and seizure, they should have first confirmed whether this was Jeong's main office. It is regrettable that they either did not properly verify this or, even if they did, entered in a showy manner because the nameplate was displayed that way."

Cho criticized, "Even if nothing substantial comes out, the scene was necessary."

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