It was evidence of the so-called "prosecution of suspicion of prosecution," and reporters and officials of KBS, who acknowledged the misinformation in a day, faced a civil lawsuit of 500 million won.

Prosecutor Han Dong-hun (47, 27th Judicial Research and Training Institute) said on the 4th, "We filed a lawsuit against the 8 South Koreans including KBS Press Headquarters in the Seoul Southern District Court for claims of damages."

One prosecutor demanded that the reporters of the KBS legal team and the executives responsible for the article in question would pay 500 million won in total.

KBS Corporation was excluded because of the possibility of tax incurred in litigation costs and compensation.

On the 18th of last month, KBS reported on the record of the conversation on February 13 of a former channel A reporter with a prosecutor and Lee Dong-jae (35, arrested), saying that he had conspired to raise suspicion of the implications of Shin Shiragen's stock manipulation by the late Roh Moo-hyun, the chairman of Yoo Si-min.

KBS said, "(Prosecutor Han) said that'Yui has retired from politics' and'the political burden is not great even if he investigates.' did.

On the next day, the prosecutor sued the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor's Office on charges of defamation, including the KBS press officials and investigative agency officials who provided false information, saying, "It is a complete fiction and creation that has been decorated as if there was a real nonexistent dialogue."

On the same evening, KBS acknowledged the misinformation and apologized, saying, "It was clearly stated that some of the articles were not accurately identified."

(Yonhap News/Photo=KBS, Yonhap News)