Hong Joon-pyo Embroiled in Controversy: ‘Lending Money to My Daughter Was a Mistake

▲Daegu Mayor Hong Jun-pyo [연합뉴스]Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo stressed that the charges should be “appropriate” in relation to the prosecutor’s office’s investigation into former President Moon Jae-in.

Mayor Hong appeared on CBS Radio on the 16th and stressed, “The charges should be appropriate (for a former president),” and added, “There is a principle of proportionality in investigations as well.”

He also said: “With the money I lent to my daughter, that is…”

Mayor Hong went on to say, “Looking at this (the investigation of former President Moon), it’s true,” and stressed further, “If you want to catch Hong Jun-pyo or anyone else, you have to bring something (like a big incident) that fits.”

At the same time, he raised his voice, saying, “I wish President Moon Jae-in would go to prison. When he was president, he investigated about 1,000 people in our right-wing camp and detained hundreds of them, and Han Dong-hoon took the lead in this.” Yes.

Mayor Hong also said, “There is also the issue of disposing of nuclear power plants. There is also the issue of whether state secrets were transmitted or not when they handed over the USB stick to Kim Jong-un in Panmunjom. But I buried them all.” problems and since I have nothing left to do now, I gave 50 million to my daughter.” He retorted, “He either gave me the money or he didn’t give it to me. , ‘That’s not something a prosecutor should do.'”

She said, “I had nothing else to do, so I took the opportunity to help my daughter with her house and made him the subject of an investigation,” and added, “It’s ugly if I look at it (in Gyeongsang dialect).”