Police Send Four People Including MBC Reporter to Prosecutors Over 'Han Dong-hoon Personal Information Leak'

Suspects accused of leaking the personal information of Han Dong-hoon, leader of the People Power Party, during the confirmation hearing process as a candidate for Minister of Justice last year have been handed over to the prosecution.

Handonghun, the leader of the People Power Party, is attending the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 4th. Photo by Kim Hyunmin

On the 4th, the Public Crime Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced that on the 1st, they sent four individuals, including opposition figure Seo and MBC reporter Lim, to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on charges of violating the Personal Information Protection Act.

This comes about a year and six months after Kim Min-seok, a member of the Gangseo District Council, filed a police complaint against Seo, who had provided him with materials, alleging that there was evidence of the leak of personal information of Han, including resident registration excerpts and real estate sales contracts of Han's family, in April last year.

The police have identified that materials Han submitted to the National Assembly while preparing for the confirmation hearing were leaked externally, and in the process, they found evidence that Lim received Han's personal information materials through the National Assembly and passed them to Seo, and have been tracing the leak route.