Yoon Sang-hyun: "Am I the spark for the Western District Court attack? The opposition is truly shameless"

The Catalyst for the Incident Was the Unprecedented Arrest of the President

Yoon Sang-hyun, a member of the People Power Party, questioned the opposition party's claim that he was the catalyst for the incident in which supporters of President Yoon Suk-yeol stormed the Seoul Western District Court and committed acts of violence, asking, "What do you hope to gain by distorting the facts and dividing the people?"

On the 20th, Yoon strongly criticized through social media (SNS), saying, "The Democratic Party has ultimately taken a national misfortune as an opportunity for political gain and started dividing the people. It is truly shameless."

Assemblyman Yoon Sang-hyun. Photo by Yonhap News

Immediately after arriving in Washington, USA, to attend the inauguration of President Donald Trump, he said, "While I was on the plane, the Democratic Party misrepresented me as the 'catalyst of the court assault and riot' and the 'one who gave the order to attack'." Yoon was embroiled in controversy after making remarks in front of the Seoul Western District Court the previous day, saying, "I heard that 17 young people who climbed over the fence are in detention, so I spoke with the officials. They will probably be released soon."

Regarding this, Yoon explained, "I arrived at the Western District Court around 8 p.m. on the 18th. When I got there, the families of the 17 students and young people who were arrested earlier that day for climbing over the court fence asked me to look into the situation, so I checked the details and relayed the information."

Yoon claimed that the catalyst for the unfortunate incident that occurred at the Western District Court in the early hours of the 19th was none other than the unprecedented situation of the president's arrest and the angry public sentiment that followed. He said, "It was not my remarks or actions," and questioned the Democratic Party, "What do you hope to gain by distorting the facts and dividing the people to this extent? Is that responsible politics?"

He added, "The people are watching the series of events and realizing who is behind the leftist judicial cartel, the corrupt and fraudulent election commission cartel, and the pro-North Korean Jusa faction cartel, and who their people really are." He continued, "We will fight to the end to protect liberal democracy and the rule of law without yielding to the Democratic Party's propaganda and agitation," and urged, "The Democratic Party must stop further distortion and agitation."

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