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At the dawn of today (8th), the People's Strength Ethics Committee imposed a six-month suspension of party membership against party leader Lee Jun-seok.
Representative Lee, who is suspected of destroying evidence of sexual assault, explained that he was unaware of the attempt by the chief of political affairs to destroy evidence, but the Ethics Committee did not accept this explanation.
Reporter Kim Hyung-rae reports.
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After an 8-hour marathon meeting, the People's Strength Ethics Committee imposed a severe disciplinary action against CEO Lee Jun-seok of suspending party membership for six months for violating the duty to maintain dignity.
[Lee Yang-hee / People's Power Central Ethics Chairman: People's Power Party Chairman Lee Jun-seok, People's Power Central Ethics Committee decided to suspend party membership for the above person for 6 months.]
Kim Cheol-geun Party, who is also suspected of attempting to destroy evidence directly For the same reason, the chief of the political affairs office also decided to suspend the party membership for two years.
The Ethics Committee explained that there was no cost relationship between Director Kim writing a certificate of investment attraction of 700 million won to Mr. Jang, who was a whistleblower of the sexual abuse allegation, and receiving a confirmation that there was no sexual abuse, but it was difficult to believe.
He also explained the reason for the severe punishment that it was difficult to believe Lee's call that he was unaware of these actions of Director Kim.
However, he added that the decision was made taking into consideration Lee Jun-seok's allegations of sexual abuse and his contribution to the party in the meantime.
Representative Lee, who attended the ethics committee at around 9:30 last night, stayed in the conference hall for about three hours and actively clarified the allegations, but he could not avoid the unprecedented severe punishment.