Jung Sung-ho "Prosecutors Even Try to Link Private Talks to Lee Jae-myung... It's Pitiful"

"Prosecutors Leaked to Media as If Illegal Acts Occurred"
Explanation of Kim Yong-Jeong Jin-sang Meeting Process on SNS

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Seul-gi] Jeong Seong-ho, a key figure in the Lee Jae-myung faction of the Democratic Party of Korea, expressed regret over reports that he visited Kim Yong, former deputy director of the Democratic Research Institute, and Jeong Jin-sang, former political coordination officer of the Democratic Party representative office, both currently incarcerated, calling it "media play orchestrated by the prosecution."

On the 14th, Jeong posted on social media, "At a time just before the holidays, the act of trying to link even a consoling personal conversation with a detained defendant to Representative Lee Jae-myung is not only cowardly but also pitiful," directly criticizing the prosecution.

Earlier, on the 13th, JTBC reported that Jeong had visited the imprisoned Kim and Jeong, and made remarks to the effect of "If things continue like this, Representative Lee Jae-myung will become president," citing records of the meeting.

Jeong Seong-ho, member of the Democratic Party of Korea. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

In response, Jeong stated, "Kim Yong and Jeong Jin-sang were colleagues in Lee Jae-myung's campaign during the 2017 Democratic Party presidential primary, and also worked together in the Gyeonggi Province governor election and the presidential election, so we know each other well," adding, "Out of human decency, I visited them once to offer words of comfort and advised them to prepare thoroughly for their trials."

Jeong criticized, "The prosecution has now begun leaking details of private visits and conversations to the media," and said, "If their goal is to conduct a fishing expedition related to Representative Lee Jae-myung and brand him guilty, they will stop at nothing, acting like gangsters."

He added, "If there had been anything to hide from the start, the visits themselves, which are recorded by the attending prison officers and reported to the prosecution, would not have taken place."

Furthermore, Jeong said, "The act of fabricating even the content recorded by prison officers who attended the private visits and leaking it to the media as if illegal acts occurred is no different from a crime," emphasizing, "The prosecution is not a servant of any political party or faction."

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