[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jinyoung] Regarding the controversy over photos of Sim Sang-jung, leader of the Justice Party, supporting flood recovery efforts, the Justice Party expressed regret, stating, "The photos of Leader Sim were taken briefly at the early stage of the recovery activities." Leader Sim posted photos on Facebook on the 7th showing her support activities at a farm affected by a landslide in Anseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, but deleted them, causing controversy.
Kim Jong-cheol, senior spokesperson of the Justice Party, told reporters on the morning of the 11th, "Party officials who actually participated in the recovery support activities were too busy with the recovery efforts to properly take photos of Leader Sim's subsequent support activities," and delivered photos of Leader Sim's flood recovery efforts along with a statement.
Regarding the posting and deletion of the photos, Spokesperson Kim said, "Although the recovery support activity photos were posted, many citizens commented that posting disaster relief-related photos was inappropriate, so we accepted this and deleted the photos."
He added, "However, some media outlets cited a few comments and wrote articles implying that the photos were deleted because of controversy over the cleanliness of the clothes and boots. This is very regrettable," and pointed out, "Reports stating that the photos were deleted due to criticism about the cleanliness of the clothes and boots are articles far from the truth."
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