Hong Jun-pyo "After Regime Change, Only Lee Jae-myung's Corruption Investigation... Nothing Memorable"

"Corruption Case Dragged on for 2 Years... Prosecution Incompetence"
"Only Lee Jae-myung's Excuses and Han Dong-hoon's Attacks Are Major News"

Hong Jun-pyo, Mayor of Daegu, said on the 8th, "Since the regime change, the investigation into Lee Jae-myung's (leader of the Democratic Party of Korea) corruption has been the center of politics for the past year."

Mayor Hong posted on his Facebook that day, "In the past, no matter how big the incident was, it did not drag on for more than two months, but the corruption case of Lee Jae-myung has been dragging on for two years," and criticized, "These days, the prosecution is either incompetent or it is truly frustrating."

He added, "Since the regime change, the investigation into Lee Jae-myung's corruption has been the center of politics for the past year, and every morning we wake up to only Lee's excuses and attacks from Han Dong-hoon (Minister of Justice) dominating the major news," and pointed out, "In the meantime, I don't remember anything remarkable that the ruling and opposition parties have done."

Mayor Hong said, "I sincerely hope that this time a conclusion will be reached and the country will return to normal," and added, "At this rate, the entire regime might end with the investigation into Lee Jae-myung's corruption."

Hong Joon-pyo, Mayor of Daegu. [Photo by Yonhap News]

Meanwhile, Lee is scheduled to appear before the prosecution on the 9th regarding the 'Ssangbangwool North Korea remittance suspicion.' Spokesperson Park Seong-jun said at a press conference on the 7th, "The prosecution has repeatedly ignored the National Assembly and has now demanded an unprecedented coercive summons for Lee to appear, even asking him to forgo his obligation to attend the regular National Assembly session," and added, "Moreover, the date requested by the prosecution coincides with the period of government questioning that focuses on the failures of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration."

Spokesperson Park expressed deep regret over "the prosecution's unconstitutional behavior that denies the legislative activities of National Assembly members as stipulated by the Constitution," and added, "While they behave despicably, we will proceed with dignity. Lee will appear before the prosecution on Saturday the 9th, immediately after the government questioning ends, to boldly confront the reckless summons by the Yoon Seok-yeol regime."

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