Kim Byung-min: "Baseless talk of 'Kim Geon-hee Road'... Obstructing the Yoon administration"

Yeo 최고위원, YTN Radio Interview
"Yangpyeong Expressway, Optimal Plan for Economic Feasibility, Environmental Friendliness, and Traffic Distribution"

Kim Byung-min, Supreme Council Member of the People Power Party, criticized on the 28th regarding the special favor allegations surrounding the Seoul-Yangpyeong Expressway and the Kim Geon-hee family, saying, "There is no evidence to suggest that it was to give special favors to the land of the Kim family," and added, "Calling it 'Kim Geon-hee Road' and launching political attacks is an attempt to hinder the Yoon Seok-yeol administration."

In an interview with YTN Radio's 'News King Park Ji-hoon' on the same day, Kim said, "The suspicions initially raised by the Democratic Party of Korea have completely disappeared."

Kim Byung-min, Supreme Council Member of the People Power Party. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

Kim criticized, "The Democratic Party claimed that the terminus was changed to give special favors to the Kim family, calling it 'power-type corruption' and 'state affairs manipulation.' Then, during yesterday's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee's urgent inquiry, they should have clearly revealed whether it was state affairs manipulation involving power, but suddenly these talks disappeared, and disputes began over trivial matters about why the route was changed."

He added, "As the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport also disclosed, the need to change the terminus was mentioned since the Moon Jae-in administration, and accordingly, various alternatives were derived."

He then criticized the Democratic Party's criticism as mere political attacks. Kim explained, "The process of changing the terminus in Yangpyeong was not to give special favors to the Kim family’s land, but, as had been discussed several times since the Moon Jae-in administration, it considered the most optimized plan in terms of economic feasibility, environmental factors, and traffic dispersion effects."

Kim emphasized, "If the focus is not placed on the essence of the initial suspicions and the issue is not properly clarified, they should stop baseless political attacks. It is now time to make efforts so that the Yangpyeong Expressway becomes a more rational and effective expressway for the convenience of Yangpyeong residents and the public."

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