Chu Mi-ae Criticizes 'Yangpyeong Road' Daily... "Colonial Oppression During Japanese Occupation"

Former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae criticized the Yoon Seok-yeol administration's politics over the cancellation of the Yangpyeong highway project, saying it "resembles the oppressive politics of the Japanese colonial period."

On the 10th, Choo posted on her social media service (SNS), "The prosecution-media collusion regime is feverishly promoting the message that ‘the residents of Yangpyeong County are protesting the cancellation of the highway against the Democratic Party.’ Then, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong revealed an unprecedentedly ruthless attitude by saying, ‘If the Democratic Party apologizes, the project can be resumed.’"

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Choo said this approach "resembles the oppressive politics of the Japanese colonial period," adding, "After the righteous act of An Jung-geun punishing Ito Hirobumi, Japan seized Korea and threatened and coaxed An Jung-geun’s son to apologize, calling his father a murderer, made him participate in shrine worship to repent, and supported him to make a living?exactly the same method."

She continued, "I see the reincarnation of pro-Japanese collaborators who denied the righteous patriots and people opposing the violent and exploitative Japanese colonial regime, reported and persecuted them, flattered the Japanese, and gained official positions, wealth, and success," adding, "A hot August is approaching."

On the 8th, she also wrote on SNS, "The method of overturning a perfectly valid preliminary feasibility result, changing the route as a family business, and then canceling the entire project while blaming the Democratic Party is exactly the same tactic used to cover up the Prosecutor General’s serious misconduct by calling it the ‘Choo-Yoon conflict.’" She added, "If we remain silent like in the past, trapped in the frame of the ‘Choo-Yoon conflict’ and give up the fight for the essence, not only will we become fools, but the people will also become victims again."

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