Yoon Seok-yeol "Trying to Avoid Crisis with Wordplay"
Won Hee-ryong's Live Broadcast on 'Lee Jae-myung Escort Operation'
[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] On the day of the 'Daejang-dong National Assembly Inspection' where Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate (current Governor of Gyeonggi Province), appeared in person, opposition presidential candidates concentrated their attacks on him.
Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl said on Facebook on the 18th, "Probably in this inspection, as he has done so far, he will try to escape the crisis with flashy but insincere wordplay," adding, "He will use all means including covering up, evading the point, denying, insisting, and absurd sophistry with impudence."
He continued, "This is the reality of the 'Lee Jae-myung rhetoric' he is confident in," emphasizing, "Wise citizens will not be deceived, but must not be fooled by this fraudulent act."
He criticized Lee's claim that the Daejang-dong gate was a 'People Power Party gate' as 'cover-up,' and calling the project 'the largest public interest recovery project since Dangun' as 'partial contamination,' labeling it as 'evasion of the point.' He also criticized Lee's remark that Yoo Dong-gyu, known as a close aide, was just one of the employees after his arrest as 'denial.'
The day before, former Prosecutor General Yoon also made strong remarks toward Lee, saying, "The habitual breach of trust by the Lee Jae-myung family is 'national plunder.'"
People Power Party lawmaker Hong Joon-pyo targeted both Yoon and Lee on Facebook, saying, "Lee's strategy to make former Prosecutor General Yoon an opposition candidate and involve him in the Daejang-dong corruption allegations to divert the election is an obvious deceptive tactic by criminals conspiring in the presidential election."
Former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min also mentioned the 'Baekhyeon District preferential treatment suspicion' on Facebook, stating, "According to the camp's verification, Baekhyeon District also showed signs of preferential treatment to close aides in a manner similar to Daejang-dong."
He said, "After former director Ahn Tae-jun was appointed to the Seongnam Industry Promotion Agency, Seongnam City entrusted PMG Plan and Bejits Comprehensive Development with research services for hotel development and hotel business implementation on city-owned land in Baekhyeon District through private contracts," adding, "These two companies have mostly the same registered directors and the same address, only differing in name."
He pointed out that Ahn was a corporate director of UMP, a partner company of Bejits Comprehensive Development, when Seongnam City signed private contracts with these companies, and that the timing of his appointment as head of the Northern Headquarters of Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Corporation overlapped with his work period at the real estate development partner company. Former lawmaker Yoo demanded that Lee, who was the mayor of Seongnam at the time, clarify the facts in detail.
Former Jeju Governor Won Hee-ryong, who gained popularity online as the 'Daejang-dong top instructor,' will conduct an all-day live broadcast from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. the next day on the YouTube channel 'Crocodile Men's Training Camp' under the theme 'Lee Jae-myung Escort Operation.' Former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon, lawyer Kwon Kyung-ae, and accountant Kim Kyung-ryul will participate as panelists. Professor Shim Kyo-eon of Konkuk University, Professor Lee Han-sang of Korea University, and Kim Jae-sik, head of the 'Hwacheon Daeyu Suspicion Investigation TF' from Won's campaign, are also scheduled to appear.
Before the broadcast, former Governor Won criticized on Facebook, "Major witnesses and reference persons were not accepted, and as of the 13th, out of 214 requested materials related to Daejang-dong, zero materials were submitted. Lee and the Democratic Party, who were confident, are blatantly creating a 'trick inspection,'" calling it "Lee Jae-myung-style new dictatorship trampling on the National Assembly by demanding an inspection without materials."
He added, "How long do you think you can deceive the people with your three-inch tongue?" and said, "I will uncover the 'charges' of those who reject witnesses, reference persons, and materials submission, and refuse a special prosecutor, and will definitely escort them."
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