Eonju Lee: "Yongin People Power Party Candidates Have No Local Ties"... People Power Party Claims "Spreading False Information"

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Lee Eon-ju, the Democratic Party candidate for Yongin Jeong, Gyeonggi Province, who is running in the April 10 general election, sparked controversy over the truthfulness of his claim during a YouTube broadcast that the People Power Party candidates running in Yongin have "no local ties."

On the 15th, Lee appeared on the YouTube channel "Kim Eo-jun's Das Bo-ida," where broadcaster Kim Eo-jun said, "You have to lead the (Democratic Party) election in Yongin," to which Lee responded, "All the People Power Party candidates are first-term. They have no local ties at all. Completely."

Eonju Lee, the Democratic Party of Korea candidate for Yongin Jeong, Gyeonggi Province, is speaking during an appearance on the "Kim Eo-jun's Das Boida" channel on the 15th.
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On the same day, Ahn Gwi-ryeong, the Democratic Party candidate for Dobong Gap, Seoul, who appeared together, said, "You shouldn't talk about local ties. I don't have any either," to which Lee joked back, "Seoul is okay."

However, some have refuted Lee's claim as false. Except for Lee Won-mo, who was strategically nominated for Gap in Yongin among the four People Power Party candidates in Yongin, all have ties to their respective regions.

People Power Party city and provincial council members from Yongin demanded that Lee "immediately stop spreading false information" and took legal action. On the 26th at 1 p.m., they held a press conference at the back gate of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office and filed a complaint against Lee for false statement offenses under the Public Official Election Act.

The council members explained, "Lee Sang-cheol, running in Yongin E, is a native of Baekam-myeon, Cheoin-gu, Yongin. Ko Seok, running in Yongin Byeong, registered his residence in Sinbong-dong, Suji-gu, in 2022 and has been building ties with the residents as a person from Yongin," adding, "Kang Cheol-ho, running in Yongin Jeong, has also been living in Bojeong-dong for six years and used to commute to a company in Mabuk-dong, making him a local resident."

They further claimed, "Lee launched a very malicious smear campaign aimed at inciting Yongin citizens to defeat the People Power Party candidates in the Yongin area."

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