Kim Gun-hee: "If I had stayed quiet, Jung Kyung-shim's arrest could have been avoided... YouTubers have blown it up too much"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Kim Gun-hee, the spouse of Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, said, "If we had just stayed quiet, Jung Kyung-shim (the wife of former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk) could have avoided arrest and gotten through it." She explained that the backlash against the investigation into former Minister Cho's allegations grew so large that it led to Jung's arrest.

According to the contents of a phone call with Kim, released on the YouTube channel Seoul's Voice on the 17th, she said, "We were going to just quietly let it pass, but even if we had done that, it would have been enough. It was blown up too much," and criticized, "Kim Eo-jun and others on the broadcast were too hostile toward the other side."

She mentioned, "Since many people watch this program, it ended up like this," and added, "YouTubers blew it up too much. That was when business was best. Super Chats were coming in the most," referring to the financial aspect. She continued, "This is all capitalist logic," and said, "In a way, Cho Kuk is pitiful."

In content revealed through MBC broadcast the previous day, Kim also raised responsibility issues regarding former Roh Moo-hyun Foundation Chairman Yoo Si-min in relation to the Cho Kuk case. Kim said, "The Cho Kuk investigation shouldn't have been expanded so much, but it was attacked too much. That's why it turned into a fight with the prosecution," and added, "They said it should end quickly, but it kept getting bigger on YouTube and places like that, with people like Yoo Si-min trying to raise their own presence by continuing to blow it up. In fact, Cho Kuk's real enemy is the Democratic Party."