Candidate Kang Eun-mi's Commentary from Last Year Deemed 'False Information' by Election Commission

Mention of 'Prosecutor's Indictment' and 'Ongoing Trial' Regarding Competitor Yang Bu-nam

Election Commission Requests Correction... Revised to 'Investigation' and 'Trial Not Yet Conducted'

Gang Eun-mi, the Green Justice Party candidate for Seo-gu (Eul), Gwangju Metropolitan City, was confirmed to have received sanctions from the Election Commission for 'spreading false information' regarding candidate Yang Bu-nam in a commentary she wrote last year.

On the 25th, according to a comprehensive report by the Honam Bureau of Asia Economy, candidate Gang Eun-mi wrote a commentary titled "Yoon Seok-yeol's prosecutors and Lee Jae-myung's prosecutors are no different" in December of last year.

Candidates Eunmi Kang (left in the photo) and Bunam Yang.

The commentary was related to Yang Bu-nam, a fellow candidate competing in the same electoral district from the Democratic Party preliminary candidate. It mainly dealt with topics such as legal defense in cryptocurrency investment fraud and jeonse (long-term lease) fraud cases, citing reports from 'OhmyNews' and 'Gwangjuin'.

The problematic content was a phrase anticipating the Democratic Party's defense. Representative Gang stated, "The prosecution's indictment against Chairman Yang is political oppression, and since the case is still on trial, there is no problem with the nomination screening." However, it was confirmed that there was no indictment by the prosecution at that time or even currently, nor was there any ongoing trial.

Regarding this, the Election Commission regarded the phrases "prosecution's indictment" and "on trial" as false information and requested revisions. Currently, the commentary has been revised to "prosecution's investigation" and "a case not even tried yet." However, the 'National Assembly Briefing' section on the Green Justice Party's website has not yet been updated.

A representative from candidate Yang Bu-nam's side stated, "It is true that he took on the defense in the Gwangju jeonse fraud case, but he resigned because the severity of the crime was more serious than expected during the defense. The defense period lasted only 47 days, and there was a difference between what he heard from acquaintances and what he learned while defending, which led to his resignation," adding, "There has never been an indictment or an ongoing trial."

In response, a representative from Gang Eun-mi's National Assembly office said, "When other parties made similar defenses, we generally wrote content such as 'the prosecution's indictment is political oppression' and 'there is no problem because the case is on trial.' The Election Commission requested revisions due to potential misunderstandings, so we reluctantly made the corrections."

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