Controversy Over 'Minjoo Party JMS' Remarks by Taeyoungho: "Apologize for Unrefined Message... Request Ethics Committee Review"

Rep. Tae Young-ho of the People Power Party, who posted and then deleted the phrase "Junk, Money, Sex" in reference to the Democratic Party's 'money envelope' allegations, apologized, calling it an "unrefined message."

On the 17th, Rep. Tae stated on his social media service (SNS), "Around 10 a.m. today, an unrefined message related to the recent Democratic Party money envelope incident was posted on my Facebook but was deleted within a few minutes."

Taeyoungho, Supreme Council Member of the People Power Party, is speaking at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 6th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

That morning, he posted and then deleted the message "Junk Money Sex Democratic Party, indeed JMS Democratic Party" on SNS. Regarding the reason for the deletion, Rep. Tae explained, "At the time, I was attending a debate on 'Does South Korea need its own nuclear weapons?' while my office staff decided in an internal meeting to upload the message and asked me for final confirmation. However, at the final confirmation stage, a message that should have been set to 'private' was mistakenly made 'public'."

Rep. Tae said he saw the message at the debate venue and immediately ordered its deletion, and the message was promptly removed. He added, "After about an hour, the message was reported in the media along with screenshots. I apologize for causing trouble to the party and express my regret. I will request that the party's Ethics Committee review both myself and the responsible parties."

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