Ruling Party City Councilor and Committee Chairperson Choi Min-hee Reported to Prosecution

Lee Jong-bae, Seoul Metropolitan Council member of the People Power Party. [Photo by Yonhap News]

Choi Min-hee, a member of the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting Communications Committee from the Democratic Party of Korea, who blocked Chairman Ryu Hee-rim's way home in protest of his reappointment as chairman of the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC), has been reported to the prosecution.

On the 28th, Lee Jong-bae, a member of the Seoul Metropolitan Council from the People Power Party, filed a complaint with the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office against Chairman Choi and three KCSC labor union members on charges including obstruction of official duties, general traffic obstruction, and interference with business.

Lee said, "Chairman Choi, dissatisfied with Chairman Ryu who was lawfully appointed through due process, committed violence and obstructed official duties," adding, "Obstructing the movement of innocent people's vehicles is a terrible act of terrorism."

Regarding the three KCSC labor union members, he claimed, "Joining forces with the Democratic Party to commit violence against the KCSC chairman and obstruct official duties is a serious crime that severely undermines the neutrality and fairness of broadcasting."

On the 23rd, President Yoon Suk-yeol appointed Ryu Hee-rim, whose term expired the previous day, along with lawyer Kang Kyung-pil and Professor Kim Jeong-su of Kookmin University, as three of the nine KCSC commissioners, including his own recommended nominees.

The two remaining commissioners recommended by the ruling party, whose terms had not yet expired, and the three newly appointed commissioners held a plenary meeting in the afternoon and re-elected Chairman Ryu for a new three-year term.

When the unexpected appointment and chairman election took place, Chairman Choi visited the KCSC to protest, and the KCSC labor union also protested by blocking the way home of Chairman Ryu and others.

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