Oh Se-hoon Side on Report of 'Myung Tae-gyun and Associates' Texts': "Before Chasing Out the Fraudster"
"Aide Who Exchanged Texts Was Only Responsible for Escorting"
Regarding the report that political broker Myung Tae-gyun and a close aide of Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon exchanged text messages during the 2021 mayoral by-election, the mayor's side denied it, stating that they were only in charge of escorting and that it was before drawing a line with Myung's side.
Lee Jong-hyun, Seoul City's Public Communication Special Advisor, issued a statement on the 19th addressing the Nocut News report containing such content, saying, "This happened before discovering the bogus public opinion poll and driving out the fraudsters."
Previously, Nocut News reported that Mayor Oh sent a restaurant reservation text message made under the name of Kim to Myung, and a close aide of Mayor Oh, Mr. A, sent a text saying, "I am serving the mayor."
In response, Special Advisor Lee explained, "The Kim mentioned in the article was in charge of driving, and Mr. A, who sent the text, was the then chief of the escort office and is now the current political advisor," adding, "Mr. Kim was the restaurant reserver and driver when introducing Kang Cheol-won, then secretary general of the campaign, to Myung Tae-gyun, and Mr. Park, the chief of the escort office, was in charge of escorting."
He continued, "Both were simply in charge of escorting, so what is new about their names appearing?" He also added that the timing of the text messages was before Chief Kang expelled Myung and others at the end of January.
Special Advisor Lee also said, "After forensic analysis of the so-called golden phones, only notification texts from the restaurant reserver and simple greeting texts from the escort office chief appeared, so the forensic results can be guessed."
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He also hinted at legal action regarding the related reports. Special Advisor Lee emphasized, "It is expected that malicious Myung and related parties will continue to exaggerate or distort events that happened before they were driven out. If a request for confirmation comes, we will immediately provide clarification. We will consider legal measures against malicious false reports in the future."
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