Citizen Group Files Complaint Against Kang Hye-kyung for Exposing Allegations of Kim Geon-hee's Nomination Interference

Violation of the National Assembly Testimony and Expert Evidence Act and Other Charges

Kang Hye-kyung, who reported suspicions of Kim Geon-hee's interference in candidate nominations and illegal funding of opinion poll costs by political broker Myung Tae-gyun, was accused by a civic group.

On the 28th, the Civic Committee for the People's Livelihood Measures (Seominwi) announced that it had filed a complaint with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency against Kang, a former employee of the Mirae Korea Research Institute, on charges of violating the National Assembly Testimony Act, perjury, defamation, and intimidation. Additionally, Seominwi filed complaints against Myung Tae-gyun, CEO of the Mirae Korea Research Institute, for violating the Information and Communications Network Act, defamation, and insult, and against Jeong Cheong-rae, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, for dereliction of duty, obstruction of business, and abuse of authority.

Seominwi stated, "Kang testified very vaguely at the National Assembly audit, saying she 'heard' and 'knew' things," and added, "Considering these facts, it constitutes not only a violation of the National Assembly Testimony Act by insulting the National Assembly but also perjury and defamation aimed at degrading the public." They further said, "Despite Kang's perjury, Representative Jeong tolerated it. As the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, tolerating this despite reasonable suspicion of perjury is dereliction of duty."

Earlier, Kang raised suspicions of interference in Kim's nomination process, claiming that during the last presidential election, Myung provided illegal opinion polls to President Yoon Seok-yeol in exchange for Kim Young-seon, a former People Power Party lawmaker, receiving a nomination for the June 2022 by-election.

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