When the court decided that it was okay to report the contents of the 7-hour call recording of Kim Gun-hee, the spouse of Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate for the People’s Strength, he was silent, saying, “I have nothing to say.”
Candidate Yoon met with reporters right after attending the Ulsan Election Committee’s victory resolution meeting on the 15th and said, “I haven’t seen the verdict yet, and I haven’t had time to look into it because of my busy schedule.” Candidate Yoon has been visiting Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam on a two-day, one-night schedule since the previous day.
The day before, the court cited some of the application for an injunction to ban broadcasting of the ‘7-hour call recording file’ filed by Kim’s side against MBC, saying, “Kim is a public figure as the spouse of a presidential candidate, so his views on social issues are of public interest. ” it judged. It allowed broadcasting except for remarks related to the case under which Kim is under investigation and conversations with acquaintances that are not related to political views. This broadcast will be broadcast on MBC on the 16th.
Regarding the view that some view the People’s Power lawmakers’ visits to MBC and YTN protests as media oppression, Yoon said, “Generally speaking, the press oppression is done by the powerful ruling party, and it is very early to say that the opposition party oppresses the press.” drew
Kim Gun-hee, the spouse of Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate for People’s Strength, announces his position on suspicions of false careers at the company’s office in Yeouido, Seoul on the 26th of last month. Reporter Lee Han-ho
People’s Power “MBC, Guarantee Kim Kun-hee’s substantive right to object”
The People’s Power urged Kim to guarantee Kim’s right to object to the report predicted by MBC. Senior Spokesperson Lee Yang-soo, in a commentary on the 15th, asserted, “After obtaining the recording file, MBC has sent Kim only three remarks in short texts so far, and has not given any specific direction or content of the interview.” He also urged, “(MBC) must send a question along with specific broadcast contents to the Election Headquarters Public Affairs Committee in order to exercise Kim’s practical right of objection.”
Kim Ji-hyun reporter hyun1620@hankookilbo.com
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