"Abnormal Low Quality" "Respect for Gangsters"... Pro-Myeong Faction Launches Attack on 'Han Dong-hoon Prosecution'

Amid growing judicial risks surrounding Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, including the prosecution's investigation of him on charges of third-party bribery related to allegations of North Korea remittances by Ssangbangwool Group, pro-Lee (친명) figures have been vocally critical of Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon, drawing attention.

Jeong Seong-ho, a leading pro-Lee Democratic Party lawmaker, said on the 22nd on CBS's 'Park Jae-hong's One-on-One Match,' "In my view, having been in politics for over twenty years, Minister Han seems to be the most abnormal and low-quality," raising his voice, "Has there ever been a Justice Minister of the Republic of Korea who made such remarks about a defendant?"

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The remarks Jeong pointed out were Minister Han's comments evaluating some opposition party members' calls to boycott the arrest warrant approval as "more low-quality than the four previous bulletproof attempts," and his statement regarding Lee's request for a non-session warrant application, saying, "It is abnormal for a suspect under criminal investigation to demand arrest as if making a restaurant reservation."

Minister Han's 'low-quality' remarks were met with an even stronger verbal counterattack calling them 'abnormally low-quality.' Jeong said, "This is precisely the minister implying to the investigative agency that 'the person must be arrested,'" adding, "It is very abnormal for a minister to comment on a specific case in this way."

Pro-Lee lawmaker Kim Young-jin said on the 23rd on CBS's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' regarding the prosecution's investigation of Lee, "In the Seongnam FC case, it was viewed as third-party bribery related to legitimate advertising acquisition and activities of Seongnam FC. Similarly, in the recent Ssangbangwool case, there are allegations of third-party bribery," evaluating, "Recently, the trend of Han Dong-hoon's prosecution seems to focus on third-party bribery and breach of trust."

In response to the host's question, "Did former Chairman Kim Sung-tae and former Vice Governor Lee Hwa-young testify that Lee also knew about this?" he said, "As Minister Han said, why is the Democratic Party so obsessed with the gangster story?" and added, "What I want to ask back is why Han Dong-hoon's prosecution respects and aggressively responds to stories about gangsters and fraudsters to such an extent; I cannot understand it."

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