"Unrelated to North Korea Remittances" Election Commission Contractor Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Yoon's Lawyer

A lawyer who claimed in President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment trial that "the manufacturer of the National Election Commission (NEC) computer system is a Ssangbangwool affiliate involved in the North Korea remittance suspicion" has been sued for defamation by spreading false information.

On the afternoon of the 21st, the third hearing for the impeachment trial of President Yoon Seok-yeol was held at the Constitutional Court in Jaedong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. Lawyer Bae Jin-han, the legal representative for President Yoon, and others attended the hearing. January 21, 2025. Photo by Joint Press Corps

On the 21st, the Yongsan Police Station in Seoul announced that it received a defamation complaint against lawyer Bae Jin-han, who is President Yoon's impeachment trial representative, the previous afternoon and has begun an investigation.

On the 16th, during the second hearing of the impeachment trial, lawyer Bae claimed that there was suspicion of a connection between "illegal elections" and the Chinese government, stating that the manufacturer of the NEC computer system was a Ssangbangwool group affiliate involved in the North Korea remittance suspicion.

The company in question had participated in the operation of the NEC computer system and was later acquired by a Ssangbangwool Group affiliate, but it maintains that there is no connection between the NEC system and the North Korea remittance.

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