Lee Jun-seok, leader of the New Reform Party, said in response to Hwang Sang-moo, Senior Secretary to the President’s Office for Civil Society, saying, “Listen carefully to MBC” and mentioning the “Hoe-knife terrorist attack on a journalist from an information company,” “Is it the view of the press in President Yoon Seok-yeol’s office that stabbing a journalist with a Hoe knife if it does not suit the regime’s tastes?” He criticized.
Representative Lee pointed out on his Facebook page, “Is this a joke that the President’s Senior Secretary for Civil Society would make in front of a reporter? I am a former journalist myself, so I would not have been unable to judge whether those words would be heard as a threat.”
He then criticized, “Chief Hwang’s perception of May 18 is even more absurd, it is a disgusting behind-the-scenes theory,” and asked, “Are not only the president but also government officials using the bullshit philosophy of far-right YouTubers as their national policy?”
Representative Lee then said that the president’s chief “insulted the May 18 Democratization Movement” and urged, “Chief Hwang Sang-moo should resign immediately.”
Rep. Kim Han-gyu of the Democratic Party of Korea also mentioned Chief Hwang’s remarks and said, “A society in which a person at the peak of power can say such things without hesitation is not normal,” and added, “The international research report that said Korea is becoming a dictatorship was accurate.” claimed.
Rep. Kim said, “Even if I criticize harshly, Chief Hwang will not feel any shame,” and added, “The threat that he could be stabbed if he does not conform to the regime’s tastes stems from the belief that the regime will protect him and the arrogance that it is okay to say anything.” He pointed out that
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