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The People's Strength Ethics Committee postponed the discussion of disciplinary action against CEO Jun-seok Lee for sexual abuse by two weeks again.

He said that he would personally listen to Lee's calling and discuss it, but he decided to start disciplinary action against his aides.



Correspondent Kwon Ran.



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The People's Strength Ethics Committee, after a five-hour meeting last night (22nd), decided to listen to CEO Lee Jun-seok's call on the 7th of the following month and discuss whether to take disciplinary action again.



The decision was made to start the disciplinary process for Kim Cheol-geun, head of the political affairs office, who attended the ethics committee yesterday.



Director Kim is suspected of attempting to destroy evidence of sexual harassment under the direction of CEO Lee, but the Ethics Committee has determined that Director Kim has violated his duty to maintain dignity.



[Lee Yang-hee / People's Power Central Ethics Committee Chairman: The suspicion has not been resolved yet.

Since you came today to cooperate, we decided that we should have an in-depth discussion...

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An immediate backlash erupted from Lee's side.



After watching the results of the ethics committee in the representative office of the National Assembly, Chairman Lee protested, arguing why he delayed his vindication procedure by two weeks.



[Lee Jun-seok / Representative of the People's Power: All members must know that the lengthy procedure does not help the party's chaos at all, but I wonder what is the reason for the lengthy...

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Director Kim asserted that the decision of the Ethics Committee was "invalid because it violates the party rules."



He criticized it as "obvious violation of procedure", citing the fact that the ethics committee referred the disciplinary agenda without the process of the committee, and that he only attended as a witness but did not get an opportunity to explain.



In the midst of this, CEO Lee launched the Innovation Committee, which he has been promoting, today, and expressed his will to break through head-on.