Hong Joon-pyo Targets Kim Nam-guk: "Return the 6 Billion Coin to Society"

Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo directly criticized Kim Nam-guk, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, who is suspected of the '6 billion won coin' controversy, saying, "He promoted youth politics while dreaming of making a fortune through coin trading."

On the 8th, Mayor Hong said through his social media (SNS), "If you promoted youth politics while dreaming of making a fortune through coin trading, wouldn't it be better to quit being a member of the National Assembly and join the money speculation front instead?"

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Although the subject of the sentence was not mentioned, it is interpreted as targeting Assemblyman Kim in the context.

He pointed out, "If he even took the lead in postponing taxation on that, isn't it an abuse of legislative power for protecting his own property rather than exercising legislative authority?" and added, "How can someone who claims to be from a party for ordinary people focus only on money speculation and, when caught, suggest betting all his assets with a nasty mindset, and still do politics?"

Earlier, Assemblyman Kim mentioned former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok's coin investment on his SNS, saying, "'If 'People Power Party's Lee Jun-seok' does it, it becomes a source of pride, but if 'Democratic Party's Kim Nam-guk' does it, is it a problem?'" In response, Mayor Hong said, "We have nothing to bet, so instead of making such unreasonable excuses, how about returning the 6 billion won in coins to society and taking another path?" and added, "Lee Jun-seok should stop making excuses and reconsider whether his conduct was worthy of a member of the National Assembly. This is a more serious moral hazard than the money envelope incident."

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