Daegu Civic Alliance Accuses Mayor Hong Joon-pyo
of Incitement to Insurrection, Violation of Political Funds Law,
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, “Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo, who is actively defending President Yoon Suk-yeol accused of being a chief instigator of insurrection, has been charged by a civic group with ‘incitement to insurrection’ and other allegations.”,
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, ‘On the 7th, the Daegu Civic Alliance held a press conference in front of Daegu City Hall announcing, “We are filing charges with the Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office against Mayor Hong Joon-pyo for incitement to insurrection and violation of the Political Funds Act.”‘,
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, ‘The group claimed, “Mayor Hong defended the insurrection as a ‘happening’ the day after martial law was declared and posted ‘truly fortunate’ on Facebook the day the first impeachment vote was rejected,” adding that he obstructed the resolution of the insurrection by claiming, “the insurrection charge is a scheming strategy by Lee Jae-myung, who lacks time due to legal risks, to push for an early presidential election.”’,
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, ‘The Daegu Civic Alliance emphasized, “Incitement to insurrection refers to conveying and making the intentions of insurrection understood to an unspecified populace,” and further highlighted, “Mayor Hong’s Facebook page usually garners 500~700 likes, but the post expressing regret over the impeachment resolution received 2,900 likes, indicating a significant level of incitement.”‘,
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, ‘On the same day, the Daegu Civic Alliance also filed complaints against Mayor Hong and his aides, identified as Park and Choi, for alleged violations of the Political Funds Act. They stated, “During the 2022 local election, when he was a preliminary candidate for the People Power Party’s mayoral race in Daegu, Mayor Hong allegedly commissioned illegal polls from political broker Myung Tae-gyun, resulting in at least eight unpublished polls being conducted.”‘,
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, ‘Previously, at a year-end press conference on December 26th, Mayor Hong denied any connections with Myung and said, “It wasn’t a metropolitan or a close race, so why conduct polls?” adding “the campaign had never conducted polls.” ‘,
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