Baekgoldan: "Seobu District Court Riot Was a Democratization Movement... Allegations of Leading the Incident Are Not True"

"No Involvement in Allegations of Leading the Anti-Communist Youth Group"
"Do Not Simply Label the Incident as a Riot"

The anti-communist youth group known as the 'Baekgoldan' has denied allegations that it led the disturbance at the Seoul Western District Court.

Kim Jeong-hyun, leader of the anti-communist youth group, posted on his social media service (SNS) on the 20th, referring to the violent incident at the Seoul Western District Court as the 'January 19 Democracy Movement.' He stated, "The anti-communist youth group expresses its position on the democracy movement led by young people in their 20s and 30s at the Western District Court on January 19," and added, "First, we ask the government to actively intervene so that the wounds, both internal and external, suffered by the young democracy activists and police officers during the January 19 Democracy Movement can be healed quickly."

On the 9th, Kim Min-jeon, a member of the People Power Party, led a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Office in Yeouido, Seoul, introducing the Anti-Communist Youth Group. YouTube channel 'KNN NEWS'

He continued, "We ask the media and YouTubers reporting on the January 19 Democracy Movement not to simply label the desperate struggle chosen by the youth to sound an alarm to the people during a national emergency where the sitting president was arrested and the government paralyzed as mere riots," and "We urge the citizens who participated in the anti-impeachment rally against President Yoon Seok-yeol to actively join the nationwide petition campaign so that the youth involved in the January 19 Democracy Movement can receive leniency and be released."

He further stated, "We urge the judiciary, media, and political parties of the Republic of Korea to recognize through this January 19 Democracy Movement what tragedies can occur if the voices of citizens opposing the inappropriate arrest of the sitting president are ignored, and to take this as an opportunity to reflect on how the concealment of election fraud allegations and the excessive abuse of power by the National Assembly and judiciary have angered many citizens."

Additionally, Kim emphasized, "Recently, some YouTubers have claimed that the anti-communist youth group led the January 19 Democracy Movement and that the Baekgoldan wearing white helmets damaged property at the Western District Court, but these are clear falsehoods," adding, "No executives of the anti-communist youth group were involved at all. We will take strong legal action against YouTubers who damage the reputation of the organization and individuals by spreading false information, and hold accountable everyone who spreads falsehoods through comments."

Meanwhile, the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office has requested arrest warrants for a total of 63 people, including 46 individuals arrested on charges of breaking into the Western District Court and damaging property, and 17 others who blocked vehicles of the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Unit (Gongsoocheo), assaulted police officers, and trespassed by climbing over the court's walls.

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