Han Dong-hoon responds to the ‘comment team’ offensive with, “Do they even realize who they are?”

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, Han Dong-hoon, a candidate for the leadership of the People Power Party, faces a fierce attack from the opposition regarding the ‘comment team suspicion’. In response, the candidate’s side countered by stating that it was voluntary participation by supporters and demanded, “Check and speak out, starting from the comments of these thugs.”
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, Park Chan-dae, the acting floor leader and interim leader of the Democratic Party, stated on the 16th, “The comment team that first appeared in text is suspected to have physical evidence and circumstances revealed one by one. Kim Geon-hee also operated a comment team, and there is testimony and evidence that Han Dong-hoon also operated a comment team during his tenure as Minister of Justice.”
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, He further emphasized, “If the operation of illegal comment teams is true, this is the worst national corruption, undermining democracy and constitutional order of the Republic of Korea, a serious crime that disrupts national flag and harmony. If investigative agencies do not have the will to investigate, they should disclose it even through a special prosecutor.”
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, Democratic lawmakers continued to mention ‘Han Dong-hoon’s comment team’ for three consecutive days and vowed to include allegations of ‘Han Dong-hoon’s special prosecutor’ and ‘Kim Geon-hee’s special prosecutor’.
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, Earlier, Democratic Party lawmaker Yang Moon-seok stated on the 14th, “I secured 24 Naver accounts related to the recent controversy over Han Dong-hoon’s alleged opinion manipulation. The evidence related to the ‘comment team’ started in May 2022 when the candidate took office as Minister of Justice.” The next day, Senior Deputy Spokesperson Lee Hae-sik stated in a press conference that “regarding the alleged illegal comment team operation raised at the People Power Party congress, we will uncover it until the end, even if we have to include it in the Special Prosecutor Law.”
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, Democratic Party lawmaker Park Ji-won also mentioned on the previous day in the CBS Radio program ‘Kim Hyun-jung’s News Show’, “Han Dong-hoon’s opinion survey team and Kim’s lady’s comment team are coming to light. Such issues must be investigated by a special prosecutor.” He added, “We were hit by Drunking,” criticizing, “Regardless of the outcome, this (comment team controversy) is an act that destroys democracy.”
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, In response, the candidate’s side countered by stating that supporters voluntarily left supportive comments and seemed to lack understanding of the difference between Drunking and supporters’ voluntary comments.
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, Shin Ji-ho, the head of Han Dong-hoon’s campaign headquarters, responded on YTN Radio’s ‘Shin Yul’s Straight Match News’ by saying, “I’d like to ask Yang Moon-seok backward, what are the comments posted by supporters of former President Lee Jae-myung, the so-called ‘dog daughters’? Confirm that first.” This was in response to Yang’s mention of 24 suspicious accounts for opinion manipulation.
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, He said, “Chang Ye-chan, the former high-ranking member (of the People Power Party) raised the issue, and the Democratic Party is happily receiving and elaborately reproducing it,” and criticized, “Looking at the announcement, they cannot even distinguish whether it is legal, voluntary comments from supporters, or illegal comments for political manipulation.”
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, He added, “Comments are broadly divided into supportive comments made voluntarily by supporters and manipulative political manipulation, notably by Drunking. The former is not a legal issue, while the latter, the Drunking gang who received stocks from the former Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Kyung-soo, is a problem for running a manipulated machine called Macro and manipulating comments,” emphasizing.,
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, The candidate also countered at the combined regional rally of Daejeon, Sejong, Chungbuk, and Chungnam on the previous day, saying, “I have never paid or employed a team to operate,” and argued, “It is difficult to understand and criticizes that labeling expressing support voluntarily as illegal ways is not criticizing political figures.” He further made a strong statement toward the Democratic Party, saying, “Do they think they are better than us?”
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, ※ This is an article from Weekly Chosun Online.
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