Park Chan-dae "Attempt to Persuade Lee Hwa-young's Side? Seems Like a Prosecution Frame"

Yeo 최고위원, MBC Radio Interview
"Never Met Ihwa-young and Don't Know His Wife's Face"

Park Chan-dae, a Supreme Council member of the Democratic Party of Korea, regarding the suspicion that he attempted to coax and pressure the side of Lee Hwa-young, former Deputy Governor for Peace of Gyeonggi Province and a key figure in the 'Ssangbangwool North Korea remittance' case, stated, "Isn't it being revealed that there are serious human rights violations due to the prosecution's coaxing and pressure?" and claimed, "This is a frame to divert attention."

On the 17th, Park appeared on MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' and said, "Although some conservative media do not directly express it, they are fabricating the story as if Park Chan-dae was involved in coaxing and pressuring," adding, "But I have never met the wife of former Deputy Governor Lee, who is the main party involved in the coaxing and pressure."

He continued, "It is true that I met an acquaintance of former Deputy Governor Lee," and explained, "That person is a member of our party and also serves as a regional committee chairperson. While we were talking about other matters, someone called her, and suddenly she handed the phone to me, and it was the wife of former Deputy Governor Lee."

Park Chan-dae, Supreme Council Member of the Democratic Party of Korea. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Park said, "It was not a significant conversation, but I first exchanged greetings. Then, although former Deputy Governor Lee is detained and under investigation, wasn't he a former regional committee chairperson of our Democratic Party?" He added, "His wife called and mentioned the serious human rights violations by the prosecution that were previously exposed. She asked how I was doing."

He continued, "It is impossible that there was any coaxing or pressure through this phone call that I happened to receive," and added, "I have never met former Deputy Governor Lee, and I do not even know his wife's face. I also do not know any of the lawyers mentioned together at all."

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