Yoon's Legal Team: "Police Conducting Excessive Communication Inquiries... What Are They Looking For?"

Yoon's Legal Team Members Song Jinho and Kim Gyeri
"Another Communication Inquiry... An Attempt to Undermine the Defense"
"Era of Public Security Politics and a Police State... What Are They Looking For?"

The legal team representing former President Yoon Seokyoul has claimed that they are being subjected to excessive communication inquiries by the police. Song Jinho, a lawyer on Yoon's legal team, posted on his social media account on the 18th, saying, "I received another (communication inquiry) notification text," and uploaded a photo. The photo, which is a screenshot of the text message, shows that on July 25, the National Police Agency inquired into Song's communication records.

Yoon Seokyoul, former president's legal representatives, lawyers Song Jinho and Kim Gyeri, are entering the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul, last June to file a complaint against the security office leadership and related personnel for abuse of authority regarding security and violation of the Presidential Records Management Act. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

Song strongly criticized the situation, stating, "This is an attempt to undermine the president's defense by tying anything together," and added, "How many times has this happened already? Stop digging, you XXX." He continued, "If even I, as the president's lawyer, am being treated this way, what about ordinary citizens?"

Kim Gyeri, another lawyer on the legal team, posted a similar message on social media one hour later. Kim wrote, "Today, I received a text notification that my communication user information was checked for investigative purposes. Lawyers Song Jinho, Bae Euicheol, and other members of the legal team also received the same notification," adding, "This is not the first time."

Communication user information inquiry by the police disclosed by lawyer Jin-Ho Song. Facebook

She explained, "On April 21, an inquiry was also made into me for investigative purposes, and not just me-most of the legal representatives received inquiry notifications." She continued, "April 21 was after the impeachment verdict against former President Yoon on April 4. After the president was impeached, has legitimate defense activity become the subject of investigation? What exactly are they digging for?" She further stated, "Now we are truly in a public security regime, a police state. Those who only pay lip service to democracy are dragging society backward," and questioned, "If they can't disclose anything because it's under investigation, why do they even provide a contact number for inquiries?"

On the same day, Kim mentioned this issue again on her YouTube channel, 'Kim Gyeri TV.' In the video, she said, "The message I received today notified me, months later, that my information was checked on July 25." She added, "On August 14, I also received a text notification, but that was about an inquiry into my communication user information for investigative purposes on April 21." She pointed out, "Lawyers are people who only engage in defense activities. Why are these inquiries being made not just once, but twice?"

Kim launched her YouTube channel last July and has been uploading videos related to former President Yoon. The channel currently has around 260,000 subscribers. In the second video, where she appeared with Song, she said about the trial of former President Yoon, "There were times I cried alone out of fear, realizing how much our country has deteriorated." Song said, "After the impeachment decision was upheld, I felt depressed for about three days and couldn't think of anything. I was paralyzed by self-blame, wondering if the impeachment happened because I failed in my defense."

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