Jang Kyung-tae: "Lee Dong-gwan Did Not Even Submit Materials Reported in the Media... Bulletproof Hearing"

As the confirmation hearing for Lee Dong-kwan, nominee for chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, is held on the 18th, Jang Kyung-tae, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized the nominee, saying, "He is refusing to submit even the most basic documents designated by Article 12 of the Confirmation Hearing Act."

On the same day, Jang said on CBS's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show,' "Starting from the son's school violence, allegations of tax evasion on spouse's gift tax, and various suspicions of media control, many things have been revealed, but he is not submitting even the materials that have already been reported in the media, making this almost more than a bulletproof hearing."

Jang Kyung-tae, Supreme Council Member of the Democratic Party of Korea, is attending the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 19th and delivering opening remarks. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

He added, "It seems he is arrogantly expecting that if he just holds out for a day, the appointment will be forced through," and said, "the ruling party claims to have responded to nearly 2,000 documents, but they keep repeating the same phrase like a parrot, saying they cannot submit due to lack of consent for personal information. They even counted that as a response. It's shameless."

Jang said that among the suspicions raised by the Democratic Party that day, the most important are the allegations of school violence involving the nominee's child and the external pressure during the process. He said, "It's like a real-life version of the drama The Glory," and added, "There was also an interview with the chairman of the board, but is there really a parent in the world who directly calls the chairman? Yet the chairman has already admitted that he spoke with the nominee."

The nominee's side explains that the call to the chairman was to obtain information about how the school violence situation was unfolding. Jang said, "First of all, the act of calling the chairman itself is inappropriate, and afterward, the school violence committee or disciplinary committee was not held, and there were requests such as allowing the child to only take the first semester exams. There is evidence that the time was deliberately extended to allow taking various exams," adding, "The fact that external pressure was exercised so openly and confidently is a very serious problem."

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