Yoon Kwan-seok: "Rejection of Arrest Consent Bill a Wise Decision... Thanks to Seniors and Colleagues"

Lee Seong-man "Is Yoon Seok-yeol's Prosecution Just and Reasonable?"

On the 12th, the National Assembly rejected the arrest consent bills for Assemblymen Yoon Kwan-seok and Lee Sung-man, who had left the Democratic Party of Korea amid allegations of cash envelopes at the 2021 party convention. In response, Assemblyman Yoon expressed gratitude, calling the rejection "a wise decision by senior and fellow lawmakers."

On the same day, Yoon stated on his social media, "It has been proven that the political prosecution's fabricated and planned investigation was unjust. Through the remaining legal procedures, I will actively clarify my grievances and prove my innocence with confidence."

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During the plenary session, the National Assembly voted on the arrest consent bills for Assemblymen Yoon and Lee. The bill for Yoon was rejected with 139 votes in favor and 145 against, while the bill for Lee was also rejected with 133 votes in favor and 155 against.

He said, "I sincerely thank the senior and fellow lawmakers for their wise decision," and added, "I also express my gratitude once again to the party members, comrades, and local residents who have supported me as I fight alone and with difficulty against the prosecution's unjust political investigation."

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Assemblyman Lee also commented on the rejection via social media, stating, "The lawmakers did not consent to the reckless attempt by the ruthless prosecution to detain me. I will reveal my innocence and take the lead in fighting to ensure that such coercive investigations and detention attempts by the prosecution do not ultimately lead to the violation of our citizens' fundamental rights and human rights."

He continued, "During his candidacy, President Yoon Seok-yeol once said, 'Even if you are eventually acquitted after meeting a skilled prosecutor, your life is cut off.' Thinking about the grievances and suffering our people have endured at the hands of this unchecked prosecution pains me deeply," and questioned, "Is the current prosecution under the Yoon Seok-yeol administration truly just and reasonable?"

He criticized the prosecution, saying, "Ignoring matters that should be investigated, and instead, as seen in recent cases of multiple raids and detention attempts targeting the National Assembly, media, civil society, and labor unions, are they not abusing their authority and exercising highly arbitrary and selective prosecutorial power?"

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