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Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon shot down the Democratic Party, who raised suspicions about the so-called Cheongdam-dong drinking party.
President Yoon Seok-yeol also said it was low-level and childish fake news, and the People's Power submitted a disciplinary bill to the National Assembly for disciplinary action against lawmaker Kim Eui-gyeom.
This news is from reporter Kim Kwan-jin.
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Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon met with reporters prior to the ceremony to mark the correctional day.
President Yoon Seok-yeol and he poured out his thoughtful remarks toward Democratic lawmakers, including Rep. Kim Eui-gyeom, who raised suspicions that he had a late-night drink with lawyers Kim & Chang.
[Han Dong-hoon / Minister of Justice: Rep. Kim Eui-gyeom, who created and spread low-quality fake news, is running away from the media despite being a spokesperson.]
'President Yoon's drinking party information comes in a lot'. In the past 2000, he brought up the case of profanity at an entertainment pub, and
[Han Dong-hoon / Attorney General: Isn't he the one who is known for swearing at women at the NHK Room Salon on May 18th?
He seems to know that everyone else is like that.]
Regarding the former Justice Minister, Rep. Park Beom-gye, I said this.
[Han Dong-hoon / Minister of Justice: Former Minister Park Beom-gye also said 'I am puzzled', and I want to ask if that was the case when he was the Minister of Justice.]
President Yoon Seok-yeol dismissed the suspicion of late-night drinking by expressing his displeasure in the question and answer on the way to work.
[President Yoon Seok-yeol: (The so-called situation where the claim is made that he was at a drinking party in Cheongdam-dong….) Do you have any other questions?
Inciting low-grade and childish fake news is ignoring the people, so to be honest, I can’t even say it…
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People's Power filed a complaint with the National Assembly Ethics Special Committee, claiming that Rep. Kim Eui-gyeom violated the duty to maintain dignity and the prohibition of insulting speech set by the National Assembly Act.
(Video coverage: Seol Min-hwan, video editing: Won-hee Won)
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The Democratic Party, who was under such an offensive, asked if it would be okay to just reveal what happened at the time.
Rep. Kim Eui-gyeom, the party who raised the allegations, said that it was low-level and childish to come around like this and apply bullying, and President Yoon accepted that he apologized for the vulgarity controversy first.
Reporter Kang Min-woo continues to report.
<Reporter Kang Min-woo>
The Democratic Party questioned what the problem was when a member of the National Assembly asked about the allegations in the letter of audit, and pointed out that it is a matter that needs to be revealed.
[Ahn Ho-young / Senior Spokesperson for the Democratic Party: Regarding the matter related to whether it is a minister or the president, I think it is good to reveal the track record at that time.]
Rep. Kim Eui-gyeom, who first raised the suspicion, can't imagine that he invented or manipulated the words. He criticized that the ruling party, the government, and the presidential office rushed in and beat him.
[Kim Eui-gyeom / Democratic Party Member: I would like to return the (President's) expression.
It is such a low-level and childish thing to crowd around and abuse them.]
He also mentioned the 'profanity controversy' during his New York tour and said that if President Yoon apologized first, he would consider an apology.
Key figures from the Democratic Party, who were designated as 'fake news participants' by Minister Han Dong-hoon, were also furious.
Rep. Woo Sang-ho said that there was no reason to respond to President Yoon's request that he did not drink too much, stating why Minister Han was attacking him out of the blue.
Furthermore, the Democratic Party leadership tightened the reins of the loan offensive with Gangwon Governor Kim Jin-tae and the 'Legoland incident'.
[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Representative: In addition to the inflation, exchange rate and interest burden, the money market fell into great chaos due to the 'Kim Jin-taebal financial crisis'.]
The Democratic Party plans to increase the level of pressure by visiting the Gangwon Provincial Office next Monday.
(Video coverage: Kim Heung-gi, video editing: Ha Seong-won)