Oh Se-hoon "Myeong Tae-gyun's Claim is Self-Contradictory... He Will Pay the Price"

"Kim Jong-in, a Strong 'Unification Impossibility Advocate'
Even Asked for Separate Consent After Unification"

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon refuted the claim made by political broker Myung Tae-gyun that he helped Mayor Oh during the 2021 Seoul mayoral by-election candidate unification process, calling it a "self-contradiction."

On the 14th, Mayor Oh wrote on Facebook, "His claim is that he influenced the unification through former emergency committee chairman Kim Jong-in, but Kim was the strongest 'opponent of unification' at the time," adding, "I don't know to whom or what he said, but it is a self-contradiction that the person who supposedly advised on the unification strategy was the one who opposed unification the most."

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon is delivering a greeting at the '33rd Seoul Chancellor Forum General Assembly' held at the Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 11th. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

He also reiterated that former Chairman Kim strongly opposed unification at the time. Mayor Oh said, "Even in camp meetings, former Chairman Kim repeatedly said that we could win even in a three-way race," and added, "After unification, I even had to visit former Chairman Kim separately to ask for his understanding."

Previously, Myung claimed in a media interview that he helped Mayor Oh's by-election campaign under the direction of former Chairman Kim. He also made claims through a Facebook post the day before, suggesting he influenced the unification process of the People Power Party's candidate for the Seoul mayoral by-election. At that time, Mayor Oh was elected after unifying with Assemblyman Ahn Cheol-soo (then a candidate of the People’s Party).

Mayor Oh explained about Myung, "During the 2021 Seoul mayoral by-election, former Assemblyman Kim Young-sun strongly urged me to meet him, but I judged him to be a strange and dangerous person and cut off relations," adding, "I did not bother to respond to his absurd claims until now, but I intend to correct them from now on."

He further stated, "Myung will ultimately be thoroughly investigated through a prosecution investigation and pay the price," and added, "Korean politics will develop only when this kind of person is prevented from gaining a foothold in the political arena."