Civic Group Files Police Complaint Against Lee Dong-gwan Denying Son's School Violence Controversy
A civic group has filed a complaint with the police against Lee Dong-gwan, Special Advisor for External Cooperation at the Presidential Office, who is a strong candidate for the next chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, on charges including defamation.
On the 30th, the Committee for the Protection of the Common People’s Livelihood (Seominwi) announced that it had submitted a complaint against Special Advisor Lee to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on charges of defamation, coercion, and obstruction of business.
In the complaint, Seominwi stated, "Special Advisor Lee recently became a candidate for the Communications Commission, and when the issue of his son’s school violence at Hanah High School surfaced, he said, ‘Student A, who wrote the victim’s statement at the time, also directly called the media to protest.’ Considering this, it raises a reasonable suspicion that only A’s involvement was due to pressure or coercion." They added, "The claim that ‘MBC’s report was a one-sided broadcast of the teacher’s assertions’ greatly damaged the honor of the victim students, their families, and the teachers."
Furthermore, Seominwi said, "The statement that ‘the school violence-related statement reported in the media is a copy and not an official statement from the student leadership, so it has no effect’ disparages the reporter’s factual article as ‘fake news,’ causing a loss of public trust in the media, which constitutes obstruction of business."
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On the 8th, Special Advisor Lee issued a statement regarding the school violence controversy involving his son, asking to "stop the hearsay-style exposure and fake news." He also rebutted the 2019 December MBC 'Straight' broadcast that reported on the school violence controversy, saying it "was a one-sided report of the teacher’s claims, who raised suspicions of school corruption to avoid personal disciplinary action."
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