Reporter Lee Myung-soo, who was accused of secretly recording a conversation with President Yoon Seok-yeol's wife, Kim Gun-hee, was handed over to the prosecution.
According to the police today (23rd), the anti-corruption and public crime investigation team of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency sent this reporter to the prosecution on charges of violating the Communication Secret Protection Act.
However, he dismissed the charges of trespassing and violating the Public Official Election Act without charge.
Reporter Lee recorded 52 phone calls with Mrs. Kim for 6 months from July last year, and handed over these recordings to MBC under the premise of reporting.
In August of last year, she recorded three hours of conversations with Mrs. Kim and others at the Kovana Contents office where she was represented.
People's Power has accused Lee, Baek Eun-jong, CEO of Seoul Voice, and Open Sympathy TV PD who released the recording files for violating the Communications Secret Protection Act and the Public Official Election Act.
The police are said to have determined that the reporter's actions recorded by Kobana Contents were intentional.
This reporter left his cell phone and left, and he saw that there was a problem with the recorded conversation in which this reporter did not participate as a conversation partner.
In response to this, lawyer Ryu Jae-yul, the reporter's legal representative, told the media, "It is difficult to understand that the recorded content was found while going to the bathroom for about three minutes out of three hours, so that the intention to violate the Communications Secrets Protection Act was recognized." .
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