"'Dongtak' Appears in Yeouido"... Hong Joon-pyo Directly Attacks Lee Jae-myung

Criticism of Remarks Calling the Press the Prosecution's Pet Dog

Hong Joon-pyo, the mayor of Daegu, targeted Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, saying, "A modern-day Dong Zhuo of Yeouido has emerged."

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

On the 19th, Mayor Hong wrote on Facebook, "The public sentiment says that even if you win the general election, you should not run wild like this. But a modern-day Dong Zhuo of Yeouido has emerged, who targets all politicians, judges, prosecutors, public officials, and journalists who oppose his will for overthrow, and manipulates the National Assembly at his whim," adding, "If you do that, it won't last long."

He pointed out, "Even Dong Zhuo, who monopolized a nation, disappeared like dew under L? Bu's blade," emphasizing, "The number of people waiting for a L? Bu to punish Dong Zhuo is increasing."

Mayor Hong's remarks appear to be aimed at Lee Jae-myung's recent behavior, such as the Democratic Party pushing for 'judge selection system' and 'prosecutor impeachment,' and disparaging the media as 'prosecutorial lapdogs.' On the 14th, Lee appeared at the Seoul Central District Court for a trial related to the Public Official Election Act and, regarding additional charges over the 'North Korea remittance' suspicion, criticized, "In the same case, different panels of the same court have reached completely opposite conclusions, yet why do the media never point this out?" He added, "Instead of reporting the truth, aren't they eagerly accepting information like prosecutorial lapdogs and distorting and manipulating it?"

Meanwhile, Dong Zhuo was a warlord during the late Eastern Han dynasty in China, known as a symbol of villainy in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms due to his cruel punishments and brutal personality. He burned the capital Luoyang and forced Emperor Xian to move the capital to Chang'an, wielding power and ruling through terror until he was killed by his adopted son L? Bu.

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